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      New progressive political party seeks leader in 1961

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      New progressive political party seeks leader in 1961

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      Tommy Douglas makes his pitch against opponent Hazen Argue at the founding convention of what eventually becomes the New Democratic Party. This CBC News special aired Aug. 2, 1961.

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