Socialist Party of Canada (WSM)
Armstrong ran for the Manitoba legislature again in the 1932 provincial election as the candidate of the Socialist Party of Canada (WSM). He was unsuccessful, finishing nineteenth on the first count and being eliminated on the tenth.
Armstrong was also a popular figure in his carpenter's union, even though his views were to left most other members. In his later years, he relocated from Manitoba to California.
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| Name | Armstrong, George |
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| Date of birth | April 17, 1870 |
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| Date of death | 1956 |
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