William Andrew Gottselig (1 December 1934 – 4 January 2000) was a

Canadian Canadians (french: Canadiens) are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of ...

businessman, farmer and politician. Gottselig served as a Progressive Conservative party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in

Balgonie, Saskatchewan Balgonie is a town in southeast Saskatchewan. Situated at the intersection of Highways 10, 46, and the Trans-Canada Highway, the town is part of the White Butte region and neighbours Pilot Butte, White City, and McLean. As well, it is loca ...

. He was first elected at the Moose Jaw riding 1984 federal election thus serving in the 33rd Canadian Parliament. In the 1988 federal election, he campaigned in the riding which became

Moose Jaw—Lake Centre Moose Jaw—Lake Centre was a federal electoral district in Saskatchewan, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1953 to 1968 and from 1988 to 1997. This riding was created in 1953 from parts of Lake Centre, Moose J ...

, but lost to Rod Laporte of the New Democratic Party. He also unsuccessfully campaigned at this riding in the 1993 federal election, that time defeated by

Allan Kerpan Allan Edward Joseph Kerpan (born 1954) is a Canadian politician. He is the current interim deputy leader of the Maverick Party, a right-wing Western Canadian separatist party. Life and career Kerpan was born on 9 December 1954 in Kenaston, S ...

of the Reform Party. In the early 1990s, he was appointed to the Farm Debt Review Board, a federal government agency.

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* 1934 births 2000 deaths Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Saskatchewan Progressive Conservative Party of Canada MPs {{Saskatchewan-politician-stub