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Fox was born in Balmoral , Manitoba . He was educated at the University Of Manitoba and the Manitoba Medical College . He subsequently practiced as a doctor. He reached the rank of Captain in the Canadian Army Medical Corps . In Manitoba's 1936 Provincial Election , Fox was elected as a Social Credit candidate in the riding of Gilbert Plains . The newly-formed party did not have a leader during the election, and Fox was subsequently chosen to head its parliamentary caucus. 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. There were some discussions for a formal coalition, but these came to nothing, and Social Credit supported the Minority Government from the outside until 1940 . Fox stepped down as the party's parliamentary leader in 1937 , in favour of S.E. Rogers . He supported Social Credit's decision to join the government in 1940 , and was re-elected in 1941 and 1945 . Fox planned to run for re-election in the 1949 campaign, but lost the coalition nomination to Ray Mitchell of the Liberal-Progressive Party. He did not return to political life afterwards, and died on March 22 , 1984 . |
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