Colin Maxwell (born 1943)
is a
Scottish
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*Scottish Gaelic, a Celtic Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family native to Scotland
*Scottish English
*Scottish national identity, the Scottish ide ...
-born former educator and political figure in
Saskatchewan
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, Canada. He represented
Turtleford
Turtleford is a town in the rural municipality of Mervin No. 499, in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. Turtleford is located on Highway 26 near the intersection / concurrency with Highway 3 and Highway 303. The nearest large communiti ...
from 1982 to 1990 in the
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 na ...
as a
Progressive Conservative.
He was born in
Tillicoultry
Tillicoultry ( ; Scottish Gaelic: Tulach Cultraidh, perhaps from older Gaelic ''Tullich-cul-tir'', or "the mount/hill at the back of the country") is a town in Clackmannanshire, Scotland. Tillicoultry is usually referred to as Tilly by the loc ...
and was educated at the Scottish School of Physical Education, the
Jordanhill College of Education
Jordanhill Campus is an historic estate within the boundaries of Jordanhill, Glasgow, Scotland, which developed as a country estate. It is best known and most recently used as the home to the Faculty of Education of the University of Strathcl ...
and the
University of Regina
The University of Regina is a public research university located in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. Founded in 1911 as a private denominational high school of the Methodist Church of Canada, it began an association with the University of Saskatchew ...
, where he received a
BEd
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Most modern beds consist of a soft, cushioned mattress on a bed frame. The mattress rests either on a solid base, often wood slats, or a sprung base. Many b ...
.
In 1966, he married Cherry Harvey and came to Canada soon afterwards. Maxwell taught elementary school, lectured at university and was a high school principal. He also served as mayor of
Spiritwood
Spiritwood is a town in the boreal forest of central Saskatchewan, Canada with a population of approximately 1,000.
Its location is 125 km west of Prince Albert and about 110 km northeast of North Battleford at the junction of Highway ...
.
Maxwell served in the Saskatchewan cabinet as Minister of Advanced Education and Manpower, as Minister of Culture and Recreation and as Minister of Parks and Renewable Resources. While he held the latter post, more than 1.75 million acres of
Crown land
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were designated under the Critical Wildlife Habitat Protection Act.
Maxwell resigned from cabinet in 1990 and resigned from the assembly soon afterwards.
He then moved to
Ottawa
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, where he became executive vice-president of the
Canadian Wildlife Federation
The Canadian Wildlife Federation () is a Canadian non-profit organization dedicated to wildlife conservation.
History and mission
The Canadian Wildlife Federation was founded in 1961 and chartered in 1962.
The Canadian Wildlife Federation is de ...
(CWF).
Maxwell retired as CWF executive vice-president in 2007.
References
1943 births
Living people
Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan MLAs
Mayors of places in Saskatchewan
Members of the Executive Council of Saskatchewan
Canadian people of Scottish descent
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