Russell Cunningham (Canadian politician)

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office = Leader of the Nova Scotia Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
term_start = 1945
term_end = 1953
predecessor = Donald MacDonald
successor = Michael J. MacDonald
constituency = Nova Scotia
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office3 = Member of the Legislative Assembly
term_start3 = October 23, 1945
term_end3 =October 30, 1956
predecessor3 =Douglas N Brodie
successor3 =N. Layton Fergusson (Conservative)
constituency3 =Cape Breton East
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office2 = Leader of the Official Opposition
term_start2 = 1945
term_end2 = 1949
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successor2 = Robert Stanfield, Progressive Conservative
constituency2 = Nova Scotia
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party = Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
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occupation =Trade Unionist
religion = Roman Catholic


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Russell Cunningham was a Canadian social democratic politician from Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia. He was the leader of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation in Nova Scotia from 1945 cite web
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accessdate = 2007-02-11 ] until 1953. He succeeded Donald MacDonald as the party's leader, after MacDonald lost his seat in the 1945 general election. cite web
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accessdate = 2007-02-11] He represented the electoral district (riding) of Cape Breton East in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1945 until 1956 [ cite web
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date = 1957
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accessdate = 2007-02-12 ] . Due to the Conservatives not electing a single member to the Assembly, Cunningham became the leader of the Official Opposition during the 44th General Assembly of Nova Scotia.. Even though the CCF lost a seat, it was the first time they ever were the Official Oppostion. Their successor party, the Nova Scotia New Democratic Party (NDP) would not duplicate that accomplishment again until 1998, over 50 years later.

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ee also

* Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
* List of articles about Nova Scotia CCF/NDP members