Tobias Norris

Tobias Crawford Norris (September 5, 1861 – October 29, 1936) was a Canadian politician who served as the tenth premier of Manitoba from 1915 to 1922.

The Liberals won a landslide majority in this election, though Norris was not called to serve in the cabinet of premier Thomas Greenway.

Roblin's government was forced to resign amid a corruption scandal in early-1915, and Norris was called to serve as premier in his place.

Norris's government was considered a leading force for reform in Canada receiving a petition from Winona Flett of over 35,000 signatures for women's suffrage.

Norris's administration extended the vote to women,[2] as well as introducing temperance legislation, and bringing in workman's compensation as well as a minimum wage.

In 1916, the province eliminated the limited provisions for bilingual education that were agreed to in the Wilfrid Laurier-Thomas Greenway compromise of 1897 to solve the Manitoba Schools Question.

Norris was in power during a period of rising labour and farmer radicalism in Manitoba, with the most significant event being the Winnipeg General Strike of 1919.

By now, reconciled with the national Liberal Party, he also contested the riding of Winnipeg South in the federal election of 1925, but lost to Conservative Robert Rogers.