• Member of Parliament for Winnipeg North Central 1942-1958 (CCF) and 1962-1984 (NDP)

• Appointed Honorary Table Officer to the House of Commons, 1984

• Instrumental in the formation of the New Democratic Party out of the CCF in 1961

• Largely responsible for introduction of the Canada Pension Plan

• Received Honorary Doctor of Laws (LLD), Brandon University, 1967

• Chancellor of Brandon University 1970-1990

• Appointed to Queen’s Privy Council, 1979

• Officer of the Order of Canada, 1984

Inducted January 24, 2002