Frank Meakes (February 20, 1917 – July 8, 1989) was a political figure in

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. He represented Touchwood from 1956 to 1964 as a

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(CCF) member and from 1967 to 1975 as a New Democratic Party (NDP) member in the

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. He was born in

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, the son of James Meakes and Elsie Butcher, both natives of

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. He was educated near Lestock and by correspondence. Meakes worked on the family farm until 1940, when he settled on his own farm near Lestock. During 1948, he worked at the

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Plant in

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but he returned to farming the following year. Meakes was president of the Lestock Co-operative Association, served on the council for the rural municipality of

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, was a director for the Roundplain Telephone Company and served on the local school board. He was defeated by

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when he ran for reelection to the provincial assembly in 1964. Meakes served in the provincial cabinet as Minister of Cooperation and Co-operative Development. After he retired from politics in 1975, Meakes served as mayor of Lestock. He also was a director for the Saskatchewan Housing Corporation and served on the executive for the Parkland Regional Library Board. Meakes was married twice: first to Mary Luthi in 1943 and then to Margaret (Lazar) Horn in 1977 after the death of his first wife. He died in Lestock at the age of 72.

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