Ted Jolliffe, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Ted Jolliffe

Rhodes scholar, Labour lawyer, Socialist political leader, Official Opposition leader.

Date of Birth: 02-Mar-1909

Place of Birth: Luzhou, Sichuan, China

Date of Death: 18-Mar-1998

Profession: politician

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Edward Bigelow "Ted" Jolliffe (March 2, 1909 – March 18, 1998) was a Canadian social democratic politician and lawyer from Ontario.
He was the first leader of the Ontario section of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) and leader of the Official Opposition in the Ontario Legislature during the 1940s and 1950s.
He was a Rhodes Scholar in the mid-1930s, and came back to Canada to help the CCF, after his studies were complete and being called to the bar in England and Ontario.
After politics, he practised labour law in Toronto and would eventually become a labour adjudicator.
In retirement, he moved to British Columbia, where he died in 1998.