Stanley William Fox (June 22, 1906 – March 22, 1984) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada, who served as the first leader of the Manitoba Social Credit Party, a party that supported the social credit theories of monetary reform.
[1] The newly formed party did not have a leader during the election, and Fox was subsequently chosen to head its parliamentary caucus.
[4] Soon after being chosen as leader, Fox offered to support the government of Liberal-Progressive Premier John Bracken, who had been reduced to a minority and was unable to find allies elsewhere.
However, charges were dropped because Bosnell, married to Dr. Fox earlier that year, could not be compelled to testify against her husband.
[5] Fox planned to run for re-election in the 1949 campaign, but lost the coalition nomination to Ray Mitchell of the Liberal-Progressive Party.