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Pearson, Hugh, 1909-
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Hugh Pearson was born in Lachine Quebec in 1909, and retired to Victoria, B.C. in 1980. He was the Secretary-Treasurer of the C.C.F. Provincial Council (Quebec), 1936-194?; member of the League for Social Reconstruction for years; organized the Lachine C.C.F. Club in the 1930s; acted as Campaign Manager for the Jacques Artier Constituency in ca. 1945; and was Treasurer of the Saanich and the Islands Constituency Association, 1980-1989. During his political activities he collected left-wing politics pamphlets.