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Portrait or photograph of Tommy Douglas: [Tommy Douglas, roundup clown.]

Virtual Memorial

Tommy Douglas

A Memory Realm virtual memorial place honoring Tommy Douglas, remembered for Medicare, Social democracy, Canadian politics.

1904 - 1986Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
Portrait or photograph of Tommy Douglas: A man identified as a rodeo clown named Tommy Douglas feeds a pig named Mickey at the Roundup in Pendleton, Oregon. The
A man identified as a rodeo clown named Tommy Douglas feeds a pig named Mickey at the Roundup in Pendleton, Oregon. The man and the pig preform in a dirt-filled rodeo arena. Tommy Furlong, Charles Wellington, 1874-1967, File URL IIIF manifest Catalog record, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Why Tommy Douglas Is Remembered

Tommy Douglas is remembered for medicare, social democracy, canadian politics. This public page gives visitors a concise starting point for understanding why this figure remains part of cultural, civic, scientific, or literary memory.

The page is designed as an accessible introduction rather than an exhaustive account, with source links and image credits kept visible for further reading.

A Virtual Memorial in Memory Realm

This Memory Realm memorial hall turns a map reference into a virtual place for discovery. Visitors can move from the public page to the map and then into a 3D memorial hall connected to Tommy Douglas.

The place is part of Memory Realm's virtual layer. It is not a physical marker and does not claim rights, control, access, endorsement, or affiliation connected to a real-world site.

Place Context

Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada is used as a broad spatial reference for this memorial hall because it is connected to Tommy Douglas's story, memory, or public legacy. The location is intentionally city-level or region-level so the page can provide orientation without implying a claim over a specific property or institution.

Historical Context

Thomas Clement Douglas was a Scottish-born Canadian politician who served as the seventh premier of Saskatchewan from 1944 to 1961 and leader of the New Democratic Party from 1961 to 1971. A Baptist minister, he was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in 1935 as a member of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF). He left federal politics to become leader of the Saskatchewan Co-operative Commonwealth Federation and then the seventh Premier of Saskatchewan. His government introduced the continent's first single-payer, universal health care program.

Memory Realm presents this context for educational discovery and remembrance, with public source links and media attribution preserved alongside the page content.

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Portrait or photograph of Tommy Douglas: Tommy Douglas, Premier of Saskatchewan

Tommy Douglas, Premier of Saskatchewan

The Globe and Mail, This image is available from the City of Toronto Archives , listed under the archival citation Fonds 1266, Item 91749 . This tag does not indicate the copyright status of the attached work. A normal copyright tag is still required. See Comm

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Portrait or photograph of Tommy Douglas: Hon. Tommy Douglas, Premier of Saskatchewan, talking with Private P. Campbell of The Saskatoon Light Infantry (M.G.), B

Hon. Tommy Douglas, Premier of Saskatchewan, talking with Private P. Campbell of The Saskatoon Light Infantry (M.G.), Barneveld, Netherlands, 29 April 1945.

Lieut. G. Barry Gilroy, Library and Archives Canada does not allow free use of its copyrighted works. See Category:Images from Library and Archives Canada ., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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Portrait or photograph of Tommy Douglas: Tommy Douglas standing under a Co-operative Commonwealth Federation billboard with C.M. Fines and Clarence Gillis after

Tommy Douglas standing under a Co-operative Commonwealth Federation billboard with C.M. Fines and Clarence Gillis after the historic 1944 Saskatchewan provincial election that swep

Saskatchewan Co-operative Commonwealth Federation - Saskatchewan New Democratic Party, Saskatchewan Archives Board, The Canadian Encyclopedia, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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