Eldon Arthur Johnson (October 18, 1919 – December 29, 2001) was a farmer, engineer and political figure in Saskatchewan. He represented Kerrobert-Kindersley from 1956 to 1964 in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan 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 Kindersley, Saskatchewan, the son of R.A. Johnson, and received a BEng from the University of Saskatchewan. Johnson served as a captain in the

North Saskatchewan Regiment , garrison = Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, and Prince Albert, Saskatchewan , battles = North-West RebellionFirst World WarSecond World WarWar in Afghanistan , battle_honours = See #Battle hon ...

. In 1950, he married Charlotte Heinricks. Johnson was defeated by

William S. Howes William S. Howes (June 25, 1926 – July 12, 2000 ) was a farmer, municipal secretary and political figure in Saskatchewan. He represented Kerrobert-Kindersley from 1964 to 1971 in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan as a Liberal Lib ...

when he ran for reelection to the Saskatchewan assembly in 1964. During his time in the assembly, he helped develop provincial legislation to protect the province's archaeological heritage. After retirement, Johnson earned an MA in prehistoric

lithic Lithic may refer to: *Relating to stone tools **Lithic analysis, the analysis of stone tools and other chipped stone artifacts **Lithic core, the part of a stone which has had flakes removed from it **Lithic flake, the portion of a rock removed to ...

source studies. He served as president of the provincial archaeological society.

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Saskatchewan Co-operative Commonwealth Federation MLAs 20th-century Canadian politicians 1919 births 2001 deaths {{Saskatchewan-politician-stub