Tommy Douglas was born October 20, 1904, and became a prominent Canadian social democratic politician. Tommy was the seventh Premier of Saskatchewan from 1944 to 1961 and led the first socialist government in North America. He was never elected to be Prime Minister of Canada but is considered to be the most influential politician. He introduced universal public Medicare to Canada and in a 2004 poll held by CBC, he was honored with the title "Greatest Canadian of them all."
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