Frederick John (Fred) Dixon (January 20, 1881 – March 18, 1931) was a Manitoba politician, and was for several years the dominant figure in the province's mainstream labour and Henry George Single Tax Georgist movements.

[3] Born in 1881 at Englefield in the English county of Berkshire,[4] Dixon was influenced by the reformist labour politics of his home country, and also favoured the single tax ideas of Henry George.

Dixon's centrist labourism brought about opposition from the Socialist Party of Canada, which ran a spoiler candidate against him.

That and his high profile among farmers due to his Direct Legislation League work increased his popularity.

[5] These efforts placed him in conflict with the Manitoba Liberals, who generally supported the conscription policies of Robert Borden's Unionist government.

In March 1918, Dixon helped to found the first branch of the Dominion Labour Party in Winnipeg and served as its first president.

Dixon led a walkout of DLP members, and was involved in founding the province's new Independent Labour Party.

The ILP became the primary voice of the parliamentary left in Manitoba, and later become part of the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation.

[6] Dixon again topped the Winnipeg list in 1922,[4] albeit by the reduced margin of almost 4,000 votes over the nearest Liberal.

In 1923, Dixon resigned as a Member of the Legislative Assembly following the death of his wife and two of his children; he was also diagnosed with cancer.

[7] As his health problems grew more serious, Dixon spent the next few years working as a part-time insurance salesman.