Herbert Sulkers was a politician in Manitoba

Manitoba

Manitoba is a Canadian prairie province with an area of . The province has over 110,000 lakes and has a largely continental climate because of its flat topography. Agriculture, mostly concentrated in the fertile southern and western parts of the province, is vital to the province's economy; other...

, Canada

Canada

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. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba

Legislative Assembly of Manitoba

The Legislative Assembly of Manitoba and the lieutenant governor form the Legislature of Manitoba, the legislature of the Canadian province of Manitoba. Fifty-seven members are elected to this assembly in provincial general elections, all in single-member constituencies with first-past-the-post...

 from 1936 to 1941, as a representative of the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation (CCF).

Sulkers was born in Amsterdam

Amsterdam

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, the Netherlands

Netherlands

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, and received his early education in that city. He came to Canada in 1907, and continued his education in Winnipeg. Sulkers worked as a florist, and was president of the Manitoba Vegetable Growers Association. From 1924 to 1936, he served as a school trustee.

In the 1935 federal election

Canadian federal election, 1935

The Canadian federal election of 1935 was held on October 14, 1935 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 18th Parliament of Canada. The Liberal Party of William Lyon Mackenzie King won a majority government, defeating Prime Minister R.B. Bennett's Conservative Party.The central...

, Sulkers ran as a candidate of the federal Cooperative Commonwealth Federation in Springfield

Springfield (electoral district)

Springfield was a federal electoral district in Manitoba, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1917 to 1968.This riding was created in 1914 from parts of Selkirk riding....

. He finished a close second against Liberal

Liberal Party of Canada

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 candidate John Mouat Turner

John Mouat Turner

John Mouat Turner was a Canadian politician.He was born in Beausejour, Manitoba and sold brewery products for a living and also worked as a hotel manager in Winnipeg. He was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 1935 federal election representing the Manitoba riding of Springfield...

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Sulkers was elected to the Manitoba legislature in the 1936 provincial election

Manitoba general election, 1936

Manitoba's general election of July 27, 1936 was held to elect Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Manitoba, Canada.The was the second election in Manitoba after the formation of a Liberal-Progressive alliance in 1932...

, in which the CCF ran a joint campaign with the provincial Independent Labour Party

Independent Labour Party (in Manitoba) (II)

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 (ILP). He defeated Liberal-Progressive

Manitoba Liberal Party

The Manitoba Liberal Party is a political party in Manitoba, Canada. Its roots can be traced to the late nineteenth-century, following the province's creation in 1870.-Origins and early development :...

 cabinet minister Robert Hoey

Robert Hoey

Robert Alexander Hoey was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a member of the Canadian House of Commons from 1921 to 1925, served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1927 to 1936, and was a cabinet minister in the government of John Bracken.Hoey was born in Enniskillen, County...

 by 665 votes.

The CCF entered an all-party coalition government

Coalition government

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 in 1940, and Sulkers briefly served as a government backbencher. He was defeated by Liberal-Progressive candidate Nicholas Stryk

Nicholas Stryk

Nicholas John Stryk was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba as a Liberal-Progressive from 1941 to 1945, and again from 1949 until 1950....

 in the 1941 provincial election

Manitoba general election, 1941

Manitoba's general election of April 22, 1941 was held to elect Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Manitoba, Canada.This election was held shortly after the formation of a coalition government in December 1940...

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