The Honourable Stanley Knowles

  • Deceased
  • Nepean, Ontario, Canada

Order of Canada

  • Officer of the Order of Canada

    • Awarded on: December 17, 1984
    • Invested on: April 10, 1985

    The Hon. Member for Winnipeg North Centre was Canada's longest serving member of the House of Commons. Known as "the conscience of the House" and an expert on House rules, he fought for four decades to win improved pensions, public housing and other benefits for Canada's elderly, poor and unemployed.