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Prairie Giant: The Tommy Douglas Story

Drama
2006
1 Season
2 Episodes
EN
Ended

About

In 1930s Saskatchewan Tommy Douglas, a small town pastor, sees the poverty and injustice around him which seem beyond his power to address from the pulpit. Douglas enters politics with the socialist Canadian Commonwealth Federation where his idealism runs into powerful opposition from the wealthy and the powerful. Despite the long odds, Douglas' new calling would soon make him a leader who transformed Canada.

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Cast

Michael Therriault

Michael Therriault

as Tommy Douglas

Kristin Booth

Kristin Booth

as Irma Douglas

Nicholas Campbell

Nicholas Campbell

as EJ Young

Brent Carver

Brent Carver

as Secretary Balsam

Aidan Devine

Aidan Devine

as MJ Coldwell

SJ

Shannon Jardine

as Lally Lawson

Andy Jones

Andy Jones

as Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King

Brian Markinson

Brian Markinson

as Premier Jimmy Gardiner

Don McKellar

Don McKellar

as Clarence Fines

JR

Jane Redlyon

as Mrs. Babitch

Ian Tracey

Ian Tracey

as Charlie Lawson

Paul Gross

Paul Gross

as Prime Minister John Diefenbaker

R.H. Thomson

R.H. Thomson

as Dr. Moulds

RB

Robert Benz

as murderous RCMP officer

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