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John Mason Parker (Saskatchewan Politician)
John Mason Parker (August 19, 1882 – 1960) was a farmer and political figure in Saskatchewan, Canada. He represented Touchwood (electoral district), Touchwood from 1917 to 1938 in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan as a Saskatchewan Liberal Party, Liberal. Parker was Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan, speaker for the Saskatchewan assembly from 1934 to 1938. He was the son of William Parker and Sarah Taylor and was educated in Watford, Ontario. In 1903, he married Mary Elizabeth Saunders. Parker served on the council for the rural municipality of Kellross No. 247, Saskatchewan, Kellross, also serving as reeve. Parker lived in Kelliher, Saskatchewan, Kelliher. He served as clerk for the Saskatchewan assembly from 1939 to 1949. References Saskatchewan Liberal Party MLAs Speakers of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan 1882 births 1960 deaths {{Saskatchewan-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Legislative Assembly Of Saskatchewan
The Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan is the legislative chamber of the Saskatchewan Legislature in the province of Saskatchewan, Canada. Bills passed by the assembly are given royal assent by the Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan, in the name of the King in Right of Saskatchewan. The assembly meets at the Saskatchewan Legislative Building in Regina. There are 61 constituencies in the province, which elect members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) to the Legislative Assembly. All are single-member districts, though the cities of Regina, Saskatoon and Moose Jaw were in the past represented through multi-member districts, with members elected through Block Voting. The legislature has been unicameral since its establishment; there has never been a provincial upper house. The 29th Saskatchewan Legislature was elected at the 2020 Saskatchewan general election. Assemblies Party standings The current party standings in the assembly are as follows: Members *Member in B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Agar (politician)
: Charles Agar (September 5, 1882 – January 4, 1962) was a farmer and political figure in Saskatchewan, Canada. He represented Saskatoon County from 1921 to 1934 as a Progressive Party member then as a Liberal and Hanley from 1934 to 1944 as a Liberal in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan. Biography Agar was born in Belfast, Ontario, (located in what is now Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh), was educated in Ontario and came to Saskatchewan in 1905. He was Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan from 1938 to 1944. Agar was defeated when he ran for reelection in the 1944 Saskatchewan election that brought Tommy Douglas and the Saskatchewan CCF to power. He died in Saskatoon Saskatoon () is the largest city in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It straddles a bend in the South Saskatchewan River in the central region of the province. It is located along the Trans-Canada Hig ... at the age of 79. References * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Johnston (Saskatchewan Politician)
Tom Johnston (June 19, 1881 – September 11, 1969) was an English-born farmer and political figure in Saskatchewan, Canada. He represented Touchwood in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan from 1938 to 1956 as a member of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation. He was born in Birmingham and came to Manitoba in 1901, moving to Saskatchewan two years later. Johnston operated a farm near Cymric. He ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the provincial assembly in 1934 as a member of the Farmer-Labour Group (the CCF's predecessor) and was defeated in the federal riding of Prince Albert district in 1935. Johnston served as Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan The Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan is the presiding officer of the Saskatchewan Legislature. Speakers of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan * Thomas MacNutt 1906–1908 *William Charles Sutherland 1908–1912 * John Al ... from 1944 to 1956. He died in Regina at the age of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Sterritt Leslie
Robert Sterritt Leslie (April 25, 1875 – 1958) was a Presbyterian minister and political figure in Saskatchewan, Canada. He represented Weyburn in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan from 1929 to 1934 as a member of the Progressive Party. He was born in St. Marys, Ontario, the son of John Leslie and Mary Standish, and was educated at St. Mary's College and the University of Manitoba. In 1905, he married Mattie Cross. Leslie was speaker for the Saskatchewan assembly from 1930 to 1934. He served as pastor for Knox Presbyterian Church in Weyburn Weyburn is the eleventh-largest city in Saskatchewan, Canada. The city has a population of 10,870. It is on the Souris River southeast of the provincial capital of Regina, Saskatchewan, Regina and is north from the North Dakota border in the .... References Progressive Party of Saskatchewan MLAs Speakers of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan Canadian Presbyterian ministers 1875 births 1958 deaths ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Maitland Atkinson
George Maitland Atkinson (November 14, 1860 – 1940) was a farmer and political figure in Saskatchewan. He represented Touchwood in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan from 1908 to 1917 as a Liberal. He was born in Delaware, Canada West, the son of the Reverend Thomas Atkinson and Rachel A. Johnson, and was educated at Manitoba College and Victoria University. He taught school for seven years in Ontario and in the North-West Territories. In 1887, Atkinson married Edith A. Cook. He lived near Wynot, Saskatchewan The Rural Municipality of Emerald No. 277 ( 2016 population: ) is a rural municipality (RM) in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within Census Division No. 10 and Division No. 4. History The RM of Emerald No. 277 incorporated as a ru .... References Saskatchewan Liberal Party MLAs 1860 births 1940 deaths People from Rural Municipality Emerald No. 277, Saskatchewan {{Saskatchewan-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Touchwood (electoral District)
Touchwood is a former provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of the province of Saskatchewan, Canada. Located south of the Wynyard district in east-central Saskatchewan, it was centred on the Touchwood Hills. This constituency was created for the 2nd Saskatchewan general election in 1908. It was dissolved and combined with the Last Mountain riding (as Last Mountain-Touchwood) before the 18th Saskatchewan general election in 1975. Members of the Legislative Assembly Election results , - , Provincial Rights , Joseph Hollis , align="right", 412 , align="right", 42.13% , align="right", – , - bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3, Total !align="right", 978 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - , Conservative , William Brice , align="right", 456 , align="right", 29.96% , align="right", -12.17 , - bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3, Total !align="right", 1,522 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - , Conservative , John Ern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saskatchewan Liberal Party
The Saskatchewan Liberal Party is a liberal political party in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. The party was the provincial affiliate of the Liberal Party of Canada until 2009. It was previously one of the two largest parties in the province, along with the Saskatchewan New Democratic Party and its precursors on its left, before being eclipsed by the Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan from the right and later deserted by several members who contributed to the establishment of the Saskatchewan Party, the new centre-right dominant in the province since 1997. History Early history The party dominated Saskatchewan politics for the province's first forty years and provided six of the first seven Premiers who served between the province's creation in 1905 and World War II. Located on the middle of the political spectrum, it assiduously courted "ethnic" (i.e., non-British) voters and the organized farm movement. It refused to pander to " nativist" sentiment that culm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan ( ; ) is a Provinces and territories of Canada, province in Western Canada, western Canada, bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, to the northeast by Nunavut, and on the south by the United States, U.S. states of Montana and North Dakota. Saskatchewan and Alberta are the only landlocked provinces of Canada. In 2022, Saskatchewan's population was estimated at 1,205,119. Nearly 10% of Saskatchewan’s total area of is fresh water, mostly rivers, reservoirs and List of lakes in Saskatchewan, lakes. Residents primarily live in the southern prairie half of the province, while the northern half is mostly forested and sparsely populated. Roughly half live in the province's largest city Saskatoon or the provincial capital Regina, Saskatchewan, Regina. Other notable cities include Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Prince Albert, Moose Jaw, Yorkton, Swift Current, North Battleford, Melfort, Saskatchewan, Melfort, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Speaker Of The Legislative Assembly Of Saskatchewan
The Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan is the presiding officer of the Saskatchewan Legislature. Speakers of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan *Thomas MacNutt 1906–1908 *William Charles Sutherland 1908–1912 *John Albert Sheppard 1912–1916 * Robert Menzies Mitchell 1917–1919 *George Adam Scott 1919–1925 *Walter George Robinson 1925–1929 *James Fraser Bryant 1929 *Robert Sterritt Leslie 1930–1934 *John Mason Parker 1934–1938 * Charles Agar 1939–1944 * Tom Johnston 1944–1956 * James Andrew Darling 1957–1960 *Everett Irvine Wood 1961 *Frederick Arthur Dewhurst 1962–1964 *James Snedker 1965–1971 *Frederick Arthur Dewhurst 1971–1975 * John Edward Brockelbank 1975–1982 * Herbert Swan 1982–1986 * Arnold Bernard Tusa 1986–1991 * Herman Harold Rolfes 1991–1996 *Glenn Hagel 1996–1999 *Ron Osika 1999–2001 * P. Myron Kowalsky 2001–2007 *Don Toth 2007–2011 * Daniel H. D'Autremont 2011–2016 *Corey Tochor 2016–2018 * Mark Doc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kellross No
The Rural Municipality of Kellross No. 247 ( 2016 population: ) is a rural municipality (RM) in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within Census Division No. 10 and Division No. 4. History The RM of Kellross No. 247 incorporated as a rural municipality on December 13, 1909. Its name is a blend of Kelliher and Leross. Geography Communities and localities The following urban municipalities are surrounded by the RM. ;Villages * Kelliher * Leross * Lestock The following unincorporated communities are within the RM. ;Localities * Enid * McDonald Hills Demographics In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the RM of Kellross No. 247 had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021. In the 2016 Census of Population, the RM of Kellross No. 247 recorded a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kelliher, Saskatchewan
Kelliher ( 2016 population: ) is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Kellross No. 247 and Census Division No. 10. The village is located about 140 km north of the City of Regina. History Kelliher incorporated as a village on 27 April 1909. Geography Climate Demographics In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Kelliher had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021. In the 2016 Census of Population, the Village of Kelliher recorded a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2016. See also * List of communities in Saskatchewan * Villages of Saskatchewan A village is a type of incorporated urban municipality in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. A v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
