Memorable Manitobans: W. H. “Bill” Hoop (1876-?)

Labour leader, politician.

Born in Durham County, England, Hoop was a steelworker in London and then a postal worker in Winnipeg after his arrival there in 1893. He was an “impossibilist” member of the Socialist Party, and he helped organize the party in Winnipeg in 1906. His political views later moderated. He was a supporter of the revised Direct Legislation League. In the 1912 municipal election Hoop ran for alderman in Ward Four, declaring, “Race-protection, race-progression, and race-perfection are the ideals of my religion, and if elected I will put them in practice.” During World War One he was an ardent conscriptionist. In 1919 he was organizer of the retail clerks and a moderate member of the Trades and Labor Council.

Source:

Dictionary of Manitoba Biography by J. M. Bumsted, Winnipeg: University of Manitoba Press, 1999.

Profile revised: 18 March 2008

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