Dixon was the unquestioned leader of the labour parliamentary caucus. He cooperated with more left-wing figures, and kept the group reasonably united through to the election of 1922, although having to found a new party to do so. In late 1920, the DLP in Winnipeg was taken over by rightist labourites who had opposed the General Strike. Dixon led a walkout of DLP members, and was involved in founding the province's new Independent Labour Party. The ILP became the primary voice of the parliamentary left in Manitoba, and later become part of the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation. Dixon again topped the Winnipeg list in 1922, albeit by the reduced margin of almost 4000 votes over the nearest Liberal. The total labour caucus was reduced to six members, although Ivens and Dixon were both re-elected. In 1923, Dixon resigned as a Member of the Legislative Assembly following the death of his wife and two of his children. John Queen, formerly of the SDPC, became ILP leader in his place. Dixon spent the next few years working as a part-time insurance salesman. He co-authored "Seasonal Unemployment in Manitoba, A Report", in 1928. He died of cancer at the age of fifty, in 1931. The tragedies of the last years of his life robbed Canada's labour movement of one of its most dynamic voices. References External links 1881 births 1931 deaths Independent Labour Party (Manitoba, 1920) MLAs Georgist politicians People from Englefield, Berkshire People of the Winnipeg general strike English emigrants to Canada