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Warner Jorgenson
Warner Herbert Jorgenson (26 March 1918 – 30 July 2005) was a Canadian politician in Manitoba. He served as a Progressive Conservative Party of Canada, Progressive Conservative member of the House of Commons of Canada from 1957 to 1968, and as a Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba, Progressive Conservative member of the Manitoba Legislature from 1969 to 1981. From 1977 to 1981, he was a cabinet minister in the provincial government of Sterling Lyon. Early life Born in Canora, Saskatchewan, Canora, Saskatchewan, the son of George Jorgenson and Hilma Naslund, Jorgenson attended school at Ste-Elizabeth, Manitoba and Dominion City, Manitoba before becoming a farmer at Ste-Elizabeth. Jorgenson served overseas with the Canadian Army from 1940 to 1946, and worked as a farmer on returning to Canada. He also served as President of the Riverview Golf and Country Club, and was an Honorary President of the Valley Agricultural Society. Federal politics He was first elected to the H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canora, Saskatchewan
Canora is a town, located at the junction of highways No. 5 and 9 in east central Saskatchewan, about 50 km north of Yorkton. It is centrally located on the corners of four adjacent rural municipalities, including the RM of Good Lake. The community is home to approximately 3,500 residents and is part of the Canora-Pelly electoral district. The community was founded along the Canadian Northern Railway tracks - one of the companies that evolved into the Canadian National Railway (CN), and two CN freight lines (one east-west branch line to Saskatoon and one line going north) still run through Canora. The Canora railway station, downtown on the CN east-west line before the switch to the northbound line, is served by Via Rail on its passenger service from Winnipeg to Churchill, Manitoba. Canora became a village in 1905 and was incorporated as a town in 1910. Demographics In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Canora had a population of li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
