Famous People with Name Stokes

Louis Stokes            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Louis Stokes: is a Democratic politician from Ohio. He served in the United States House of Representatives. Louis attended Central High School. Stokes served in the U.S. Army from 1943 to 1946. After attending Western Reserve University and Cleveland-Marshall College

James William Stokes            Origin/Culture/Country: American

James William Stokes: was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina. He was graduated in medicine from Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee. He engaged in agricultural pursuits in 1889. He served as president of the State Farmers' Alliance. He served as member of the So

John Stokes            Origin/Culture/Country: American

John Stokes: was a North Carolina attorney, politician, and judge. Stokes served in the North Carolina State Senate from 1786 to 1787 and in the North Carolina House of Commons in 1789, also serving at that time as a member of the North Carolina convention to ratify t

George Henry Stokes            Origin/Culture/Country: American

George Henry Stokes: was a National Government and Progressive Conservative party member of the Canadian House of Commons. He was born in Rawdon Township, Ontario and became a breeder of Ayrshire cattle and a farmer by career. He was first elected to Parliament at the Hastings South riding in the 1940 general election under the National Government party banner, then re-elected in 1945 general election as a Progressive Conservative. Stokes did not seek re-election in 1949 general election.

John Edward (Jack) Stokes            Origin/Culture/Country: American

John Edward (Jack) Stokes: was a Canadian politician. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1967 to 1985, and was Speaker of the legislature from 1977 to 1981. Stokes was a member of the New Democratic Party. He was first elected to the Ontario legislature in the 1967 provincial election, defeating Liberal candidate Raymond Rudiak by 310 votes in Thunder Bay. This constituency did not include the city of Thunder Bay, and covered 110,000 square miles (280,000 km2) across much of northwestern Ontario from Lake Superior to Hudson Bay. He was re-elected for the redistributed constituency of Lake Nipigon in the 1975 provincial election. William Davis's Progressive Conservatives were reduced to a minority government in this election, and Stokes served as Deputy Speaker in the parliament that followed. Davis's party won a second consecutive minority government in the 1977 election, and the premier nominated Stokes to become Speaker of the Legislature on October 17, 1977. He was the first CCF or NDP member to serve as Speaker, and the first non-government member to hold the position since the United Farmers of Ontario government of the 1920s. Stokes was considered a tough, no-nonsense Speaker who would expel even members of his own party from the house if they were being unruly.