James Woodsworth, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetJames Woodsworth
Canadian missionary
Date of Birth: 03-May-1843
Place of Birth: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Date of Death: 26-Jan-1917
Profession: missionary
Zodiac Sign: Taurus 
About James Woodsworth
- James Woodsworth (1843–1917) was a late-19th-century Superintendent of Methodist Missions in the North-West of Canada, which then included all four of today's western provinces.
- He fathered James Shaver Woodsworth, who was the first leader of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (which became the New Democratic Party). Woodsworth was born in Toronto and son of Harold Richard Woodsworth and ordained a Methodist minister in 1868.He married E.
- Josephine Shaver in 1868 and was minister in various towns in Ontario before heading west: 1867–1869 Vespra (Simcoe County) 1871 Nottawasaga (Simcoe County) 1880 Chairman Bracebridge District 1882–1887 Portage la Prairie 1891 Superintendent of Methodist Missions in Manitoba and the North-WestWoodsworth died in 1917 in Winnipeg.
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