but lost to Tory Richard Seaborn by about 200 votes. In 1963, he ran for the federal NDP in Winnipeg South and fared poorly (receiving only 7867 votes of about 56,000 cast). Later in 1963, Stinson was re-elected to the second ward of the Winnipeg City Council. He remained in this position until his retirement in 1971. In 1969, he was chosen as chair of Winnipeg's traffic commission. In 1975, he published a book entitled Political Warriors: Recollections of a Social-Democrat. References 1904 births 1976 deaths Canadian Christian socialists Manitoba Co-operative Commonwealth Federation MLAs 20th-century Canadian politicians Manitoba CCF/NDP leaders Ministers of the United Church of Canada Winnipeg city councillors