Eldon Floyd Lautermilch (born September 9, 1949) is a Canadian provincial

politician A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking an elected office in government. Politicians propose, support, reject and create laws that govern the land and by an extension of its people. Broadly speaking, a ...

. He was the

Saskatchewan New Democratic Party The Saskatchewan New Democratic Party (NDP) is a social-democratic political party in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It currently forms the official opposition, but has been a dominant force in Saskatchewan politics since the 1940s. Th ...

member of the

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for the constituency of

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Life

He was first elected in 1986 and was re-elected in subsequent elections in 1991, 1995, 1999 and 2003. He was appointed to the cabinet in 1992, and held several portfolios including Energy and Mines, Rural Development, Economic and Co-operative Development, Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, Minister of Aboriginal Affairs, Forestry, Minister of Highways and Transportation, and Government House Leader. He won the 2003 election by more than 1600 votes. Lautermilch did not run in the 2007 election.

References

Living people Saskatchewan New Democratic Party MLAs 1949 births 21st-century Canadian politicians People from Lafleche, Saskatchewan {{Saskatchewan-politician-stub