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About John R. Solomon
- John Roman Solomon (May 24, 1910 in Zoria, Manitoba – June 25, 1985) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada.
- He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1941 to 1957, alternately as an independent and as a Liberal-Progressive.Solomon was educated at the University of Manitoba where he earned a law degree.
- He was called to the Manitoba bar in 1936 and worked as a barrister.
- Barry was the director for the Selkirk Board of Trade.
- He was also a member of the Ukrainian Self Reliance League. He was first elected to the Manitoba legislature in the 1941 provincial election, for the rural constituency of Emerson.
- At the time, Manitoba was governed by a coalition ministry representing all of the major parties, and some independents.
- Solomon contested the Liberal-Progressive nomination, but lost it to Herbert Wright and entered the contest as a pro-coalition Independent Liberal.
- He defeated Wright by 701 votes in the general election. Solomon joined the Liberal-Progressive party after the election, and was returned without difficulty in the 1945 provincial election.
- In the 1949 election, he was returned by acclamation.Solomon lost the Emerson Liberal-Progressive nomination to Frank Casper in the buildup to the 1953 election, but campaigned as an "Independent Liberal-Progressive" and defeated Caspar by 174 votes.
- He resigned his seat in 1957, when he was appointed a county court judge.
- In 1971, Solomon was named to the Court of Queen's Bench of Manitoba and served until 1983.He died in Winnipeg at the age of 75.
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