Woodsworth, James Shaver

Japanese: ウッズワース(英語表記)Woodsworth, James Shaver
Woodsworth, James Shaver
Born: July 29, 1874, Toronto
[Died] March 21, 1942. Vancouver. Canadian politician. Educated at Oxford University, he became a Methodist minister in 1900. However, he was more interested in social issues than religion, so he left the clergy in 1907 and began working for the Canadian Social Welfare Union in 1913. During this time he wrote two books, Strangers within Our Gate (1909) and My Neighbor (11), which are highly regarded for their focus on immigration in North America and the role of the church in society. He held various jobs while developing a strong interest in socialism, and in 1919 he led the Winnipeg strike. In 1921 he was elected to the federal House of Commons as a member of the Labour Party, and in 1932 he was nominated to lead the Cooperative Federal Party when it was formed. In 1939 he opposed Canada's entry into World War II, and was a staunch pacifist.

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Japanese:
[生]1874.7.29. トロント
[没]1942.3.21. バンクーバー
カナダの政治家。オックスフォード大学に学び,1900年メソジスト派の牧師となった。しかし宗教よりも社会問題にひかれ,07年聖職者を辞し,13年よりカナダ社会福祉同盟の仕事に従事した。この間に著わした2冊の書,『われらが内なる異邦人』 Strangers within Our Gate (1909) と『わが隣人』 My Neighbor (11) は,前者は北アメリカにおける移民の問題を,後者は教会の社会的役割を取上げたものとして世評に高い。その後,さまざまな職につきながら社会主義的関心を高めたが,19年にはウィニペグ・ストライキを指導した。 21年労働党の一員として連邦下院に選出され,32年協同連邦党が結成された際,その党首に推された。 39年にはカナダの第2次世界大戦参戦に反対し,徹底した平和主義者であった。

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