John R. Solomon

Who was John R. Solomon?

John Roman Solomon was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1941 to 1957, alternately as an independent and as a Liberal-Progressive.

Solomon was educated at the University of Manitoba where he earned a law degree. He was called to the Manitoba bar in 1936 and worked as a barrister. Barry was the director for the Selkirk Board of Trade. He was also a member of the Ukrainian Self Reliance League.

He was first elected to the Manitoba legislature in the 1941 provincial election, for the rural constituency of Emerson. At the time, Manitoba was governed by a coalition ministry representing all of the major parties, and some independents. Solomon contested the Liberal-Progressive nomination, but lost it to Herbert Wright and entered the contest as a pro-coalition Independent Liberal. He defeated Wright by 701 votes in the general election.

Solomon joined the Liberal-Progressive party after the election, and was returned without difficulty in the 1945 provincial election. In the 1949 election, he was returned by acclamation.