John Pratt (Canadian politician), Date of Birth, Date of Death
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About John Pratt (Canadian politician)
- John William Pratt, (October 22, 1894—November 29, 1973) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada.
- He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1927 to 1936.Pratt was born at Hempton, Oxfordshire, England, the son of John W.
- Pratt and Julia A.
- Dixon.
- He was educated at Merchant Taylors' School, London and Hitchin Grammar School, migrating to Canada in 1912.
- He attended the University of Manitoba, receiving a law degree, and subsequently worked as a barrister-at-law.
- Pratt enlisted in the R.F.C.
- in 1918.
- In 1920, he married Kathleen A.
- Barnes.He was the mayor of Birtle, Manitoba in 1926 and 1927, and was a director of the Birtle Agricultural Society.
- He helped to found the firm of Pratt, Lauman.
- In 1944, Pratt was named King's Counsel.Pratt was first elected to the Manitoba legislature in the provincial election of 1927, as a member of the governing Progressive Party.
- He campaigned in the constituency of Birtle, and defeated candidates from the Liberal and Conservative parties.
- Shortly after the election, he left the government benches to sit as an independent. He was re-elected as an Independent Progressive in the 1932 provincial election, defeating Conservative W.C.
- Wroth by 639 votes.
- The government did not run a candidate against him.
- Pratt did not seek re-election in 1936.He died in Birtle at the age of 79.
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