Fred C. Hamilton was a 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...

 politician who made two unsuccessful bids for the leadership of the Manitoba Liberal Party

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 :...

 (in 1927 and 1931).

Hamilton ran for the Canadian parliament

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 in the election of 1917, supporting the Opposition Liberals

Laurier Liberals

Prior to the 1917 federal election in Canada, the Liberal Party of Canada split into two factions:* the Laurier Liberals, who opposed conscription of soldiers to support Canada's involvement in World War I and who were led by former Prime Minister Sir Wilfrid Laurier; and* the Liberal Unionists who...

 led by Sir Wilfrid Laurier

Wilfrid Laurier

Sir Wilfrid Laurier, GCMG, PC, KC, baptized Henri-Charles-Wilfrid Laurier was the seventh Prime Minister of Canada from 11 July 1896 to 6 October 1911....

. He was resoundingly defeated by Thomas Crerar

Thomas Crerar

Thomas Alexander Crerar, was a western Canadian politician and a leader of the short-lived Progressive Party of Canada. He was born in Molesworth, Ontario, and moved to Manitoba at a young age....

, then serving as Minister of Agriculture in Robert Borden

Robert Borden

Sir Robert Laird Borden, PC, GCMG, KC was a Canadian lawyer and politician. He served as the eighth Prime Minister of Canada from October 10, 1911 to July 10, 1920, and was the third Nova Scotian to hold this office...

's Unionist government.

Hamilton served as president of the Provincial Liberal Association in the 1920s, and ran for the party's leadership in 1927. He was defeated by Hugh Robson

Hugh Robson

Hugh Amos Robson was a politician and judge in Manitoba. He briefly served as leader of the Manitoba Liberal Party in the 1920s.-Career:...

, a respected judge with no prior political experience. The vote totals were not read into the record.

Following the general election of 1927 (which was won by Premier

Premier

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 John Bracken

John Bracken

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's Progressives

Progressive Party of Manitoba

The Progressive Party of Manitoba, Canada, was a political party that developed from the United Farmers of Manitoba, an agrarian movement that became politically active following World War I...

), Hamilton campaigned for the Liberals in the northern riding of Rupertsland

Rupertsland

Kewatinook is a provincial electoral division in the Canadian province of Manitoba. Starting with the 2011 election, the riding was renamed Kewatinook which means "from the north” in Cree....

 -- which, due to its remoteness, voted after the rest of the province. He lost to Herbert Beresford

Herbert Beresford

Herbert Grahame Beresford was a land surveyor and politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1927 to 1932....

, an independent candidate supporting Bracken's government.

Hamilton ran for the party leadership again in 1931, but lost to Murdoch Mackay

Murdoch Mackay

Murdoch Mackay was a Manitoba politician. He led the Manitoba Liberal Party from 1931 to 1932, and brought the party into an alliance with John Bracken's Progressives....

, who supported cooperation with the Progressives. Once again, the vote totals were not read into the record.

Mackay subsequently led the Liberals into an electoral alliance with the Progressive Party in 1932. Hamilton opposed this alliance, and campaigned for David Campbell

David Campbell (Manitoba politician)

David Campbell was a Manitoba politician. When the provincial Liberals merged with John Bracken's Progressives in 1932, Campbell led a group of dissident, anti-merger Liberals into the subsequent election....

's "Continuing Liberals" in the 1932 campaign

Manitoba general election, 1932

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.