Dennis George Banda (born January 13, 1941)
is a former farmer and political figure in
Saskatchewan
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. He represented
Redberry from 1975 to 1982 in the
Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan
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as a
New Democratic Party
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(NDP) member.
He was born in
Marcelin, Saskatchewan
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, the son of George Y. Banda and Margaret Fern Hill. In 1963, he married Florence Elizabeth Hunchak. Banda served as a delegate for the
Saskatchewan Wheat Pool
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He served on the board for the Marcelin Co-operative Association for 29 years. Banda was president of
Federated Co-operatives Ltd. from 1997 to 2005. He also served as president of Consumers’ Co-operative Refineries Ltd.
Banda was defeated by
John Gerich
John Gerich (b. 1947) was a politician in Saskatchewan, Canada, MLA for Redberry, and former member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. He served as Associate Minister of Economic Development in the Saskatchewan Progressive Conservative gove ...
when he ran for reelection to the provincial assembly in 1982 and 1986.
References
Saskatchewan New Democratic Party MLAs
1941 births
Living people
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