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3 unusual facts about Francis Black


Francis Black

He later joined the Pat Burns Company, working in Nelson and Calgary.

Black's entry into politics came about in an unusual manner, after the United Farmers of Manitoba (UFM) emerged as the province's largest political party in the 1922 provincial election.

The UFM, which governed as the Progressive Party, promoted the philosophy that Manitoba should be governed in an efficient, businesslike and non-partisan manner.



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