Elias (Eli) Nesdoly,

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(January 21, 1931 – July 25, 2013) was a

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who served in the

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. He first ran in the district of Meadow Lake in the 1968 election and was defeated by the incumbent,

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of the Progressive Conservative Party. He ran against Cadieu again in the 1972 election and won. He served on the Standing Committee on Agriculture until the 1974 election, when Cadieu defeated him in a rematch. He ran for Parliament once more in the district of

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, but was defeated by Terry Nylander of the Progressive Conservative Party.

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1931 births 2013 deaths Canadian socialists New Democratic Party MPs Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Saskatchewan People from Blaine Lake, Saskatchewan {{Saskatchewan-politician-stub