Doreen Ellen Hamilton ( Munholland; May 17, 1951 – December 2, 2022) was a Canadian politician. She received her Education Standard A Certificate at the

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.Douglas R. Archer
- City of Regina. Retrieved October 29, 2010. In 1985, she was elected to

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and re-elected in 1988. She served as interim

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for six weeks in 1988, following the resignation of Larry Schneider. She was the first woman to have held this position. Hamilton was first elected to the

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in 1991, and re-elected in 1995, 1999 and 2003. She was a member of the

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. In 1998, she was appointed Minister of Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming, and Minister responsible for the

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, the Public Service Commission and the Wascana Center Authority. She held those ministerial positions until October 2001. In April 2003, she was appointed legislative Secretary to Premier

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. Hamilton also became the first woman presiding officer in Saskatchewan after the Legislative Assembly elected her

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. Hamilton did not stand as a candidate in the 2007 provincial election. Hamilton died on December 2, 2022, at the age of 71.

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