Clifford Honey Thurston (May 16, 1911
– 1992
) was a farmer and political figure in
Saskatchewan
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. He represented
Lumsden from 1956 to 1964 in the
Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan
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as a
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
The Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF; french: Fédération du Commonwealth Coopératif, FCC); from 1955 the Social Democratic Party of Canada (''french: Parti social démocratique du Canada''), was a federal democratic socialism, democra ...
(CCF) member.
He was born in
Drinkwater, Saskatchewan
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, the son of Charles William Thurston and Della Blanch Dorland, and was educated in
Regina. In 1938, Thurston married Bernie Alberta Lear.
He was defeated by
Darrel Heald when he ran for reelection to the provincial assembly in 1964 and in 1967 and then again by
John Gary Lane
John Gary Lane , (born May 2, 1942), commonly known as Gary Lane, is a judge and former political figure in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. He represented Lumsden from 1971 to 1975 and Qu'Appelle from 1975 to 1976 as a Liberal and then ...
in 1971.
References
Saskatchewan Co-operative Commonwealth Federation MLAs
20th-century Canadian politicians
1911 births
1992 deaths
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