Career
This was seen as an attempt to embarrass the rest of the ILP who opposed the measure in deference to the farmer base of the United Farmers who saw it as a threat to their ability to afford farm workers. McNamara did not run for re-election in 1923. A quarter-century later, he attempted to return to politics by contesting Riverdale in the 1948 provincial election as a Liberal but placed third behind the Company-operative Commonwealth Federation and Progressive Conservative candidates.
McNamara was born in Preston, England, the son of Thomas McNamara, and came to Canada in 1902.
On September 24, 1915, McNamara enlisted with the 38th Battery, CFA in Regina, Saskatchewan, serving as a sergeant-major. He lost his right arm at Vimy Ridge.
