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Kelvington (electoral District)
Kelvington was a provincial electoral district in Saskatchewan, Canada. It was created for the 1934 election, and was dissolved into Kelvington-Wadena in 1975. Members of the Legislative Assembly Former provincial electoral districts of Saskatchewan {{Saskatchewan-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1934 Saskatchewan General Election
The 1934 Saskatchewan general election was held on June 19, 1934, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan. The Liberal Party of Saskatchewan, Liberal Party of former List of premiers of Saskatchewan, Premier James Garfield Gardiner, James Gardiner was returned to power with a large majority – 50 of the 55 seats in the legislature – after the four year Conservative minority government interlude. After forming a coalition government to oust the Liberals from power after the 1929 Saskatchewan general election, 1929 election, James Thomas Milton Anderson, James T.M. Anderson's Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan, Conservative government had tried to use anti-Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Regina, Catholic and anti-Fransaskois, French Canadian feeling in the province to win support. The Conservatives also had the support of the Ku Klux Klan in Canada, Ku Klux Klan, which was a significant force in the province at the time.Weedmark, Kevin"When the KKK ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kelvington-Wadena
Kelvington-Wadena is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan, Canada, in the east-central region. It was created in 1975 from Wadena and Kelvington. The riding was last contested in the 2020 general election, when it returned Saskatchewan Party MLA Hugh Nerlien. The largest population centres in the constituency are Wynyard, Wadena, Foam Lake, Kelvington and Porcupine Plain. Villages in the riding include Bjorkdale, Elfros, Rama, Archerwill, Margo and Lintlaw. Both major Canadian railways – the Canadian National and the Canadian Pacific The Canadian Pacific Railway (french: Chemin de fer Canadien Pacifique) , also known simply as CPR or Canadian Pacific and formerly as CP Rail (1968–1996), is a Canadian Class I railway incorporated in 1881. The railway is owned by Canadi ... – have branch lines serving the area. History Since it was first contested in 1975, the riding has returned MLAs from all three major parties. It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Ernest Dragan
George Ernest Dragan (February 22, 1898 – January 29, 1965) was a physician and political figure in Saskatchewan. He represented Kelvington from 1934 to 1938 in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan as a Liberal. He was born in Pleasant Home, Manitoba, the son of Stefan Dragan and Anna Luikas, both Ukrainian immigrants, and was educated in Manitoba, at the agricultural college in Winnipeg, at the University of Manitoba and McGill University. In 1925, he married Rose Lazarek. Dragan established his medical practice in Saskatoon in 1926. He helped promote Ukrainian culture in Saskatchewan and, through his photographs, documented the development of Ukrainian communities in the province. Dragan was defeated when he ran in the Canora provincial riding in 1938. References 1898 births 1965 deaths Canadian people of Ukrainian descent 20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan Saskatchewan Liberal Party MLAs McGill University alumni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liberal Party Of Saskatchewan
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 culmina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Anton Howe
Peter Anton Howe (January 1, 1888 – February 3, 1976https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/66960593/peter-anton-howe) was an American-born farmer and political figure in Saskatchewan. He represented Kelvington from 1938 to 1960 in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan as a Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) member. He was born in Warren, Minnesota, the son of Severine Howe and Agnetta Jorgenson, both natives of Norway, and was educated there. Howe came north to Saskatchewan with his parents, who settled near Foam Lake in 1904. In 1906, Howe settled on his own homestead. He married a Miss Narfason in 1912. Howe helped establish the Leslie Leslie may refer to: * Leslie (name), a name and list of people with the given name or surname, including fictional characters Families * Clan Leslie, a Scottish clan with the motto "grip fast" * Leslie (Russian nobility), a Russian noble family ... Rural Telephone Company in 1916, serving three years on its board. He serve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saskatchewan New Democratic Party
The Saskatchewan New Democratic Party (NDP) is a social-democratic political party in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It currently forms the official opposition, but has been a dominant force in Saskatchewan politics since the 1940s. The party is the successor to the Saskatchewan section of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF), and is affiliated with the federal New Democratic Party. History Precursors The origins of the party began as early as 1902. In that year a group of farmers created the Territorial Grain Growers' Association. The objective of this group was to lobby for farmer's rights with the grain trade and the railways. The name was changed to the Saskatchewan Grain Growers' Association (SGGA) when Saskatchewan became a province in 1905. In 1921 a left-wing splinter group left the SGGA to form the ''Farmer's Union''. However, the two groups reconciled in 1926 and reformed as the United Farmers of Canada (Saskatchewan Section) (UFC). The first l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clifford Benjamin Peterson
Clifford Benjamin "Cliff" Peterson (June 20, 1905 – July 5, 1979) was a farmer and political figure in Saskatchewan. He represented Kelvington from 1960 to 1964 in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan as a Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) member. He was born in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, the son of Peter Ludwig Peterson and Johanna Asplund, both natives of Sweden, and was educated in Robsart, Saskatchewan Robsart is an unincorporated hamlet within the rural municipality of Reno No. 51, in the province of Saskatchewan, Canada. Robsart had a population of 20 at the 2016 Canada Census (a 100% increase from 10 in the 2011 Canada Census). Robsart ..., where he moved with his family in 1910. In 1932, he married Mabel Beatrice Eliason. Peterson lived in Kuroki and was a director of the Kuroki Rural Telephone Company and president of the Kuroki Co-op Association. References 1979 deaths People from Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario Saskatchewan Co-operati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bryan Harvey Bjarnason
Bryan Harvey Bjarnason (April 2, 1924 – September 8, 2022) was a Canadian real estate and insurance agent and political figure in Saskatchewan. He represented Kelvington from 1964 to 1969 in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan as a Liberal. Bjarnason was born in Dana, Saskatchewan in April 1924, the son of John Helgi Bjarnason and Bjarnina Thorsteinson, both of Icelandic descent, and was educated in Leslie and in Foam Lake. He served in the Royal Canadian Air Force during World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin .... In 1947, Bjarnason married Evelyn McVean, who predeceased him in January 2013 after 66 years of marriage. He lived in Foam Lake. His election to the provincial assembly in 1967 was declared invalid and he lost the subsequent by-election held ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neil Erland Byers
Neil Erland Byers (December 7, 1928 – July 3, 2020) was a Canadian educator and political figure in Saskatchewan. He represented Kelvington from 1969 to 1975 and Kelvington-Wadena from 1975 to 1982 in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan as a New Democratic Party (NDP) member. He was born in Fertile, Saskatchewan, the son of Newton Byers and Kathleen McDonald, and was educated there, in Frobisher, at the Moose Jaw Normal School and at the University of Saskatchewan, where he received a BEd. Byers worked as a teacher with the Department of Indian Affairs and taught school at Foam Lake Foam Lake is a town in the province of Saskatchewan, Canada. It had a population of 1,123 in 2006. It is located in a mixed agricultural area approximately 220 km south-east of Saskatoon on the Yellowhead Highway. Foam Lake, the lake for .... He also worked seven years for the Co-operative Hail Insurance Company of Saskatchewan as a hail adjuster. In 1952, he married Margaret Eng ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Democratic Party Of Saskatchewan
The Saskatchewan New Democratic Party (NDP) is a social-democratic political party in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It currently forms the official opposition, but has been a dominant force in Saskatchewan politics since the 1940s. The party is the successor to the Saskatchewan section of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF), and is affiliated with the federal New Democratic Party. History Precursors The origins of the party began as early as 1902. In that year a group of farmers created the Territorial Grain Growers' Association. The objective of this group was to lobby for farmer's rights with the grain trade and the railways. The name was changed to the Saskatchewan Grain Growers' Association (SGGA) when Saskatchewan became a province in 1905. In 1921 a left-wing splinter group left the SGGA to form the ''Farmer's Union''. However, the two groups reconciled in 1926 and reformed as the United Farmers of Canada (Saskatchewan Section) (UFC). The first leader ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
