Geoff Wilson (born September 24, 1941) is a former Canadian politician.

Career

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and

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by profession, Wilson was first elected to the

House of Commons of Canada The House of Commons of Canada (french: Chambre des communes du Canada) is the lower house of the Parliament of Canada. Together with the Crown and the Senate of Canada, they comprise the bicameral legislature of Canada. The House of Common ...

as the Progressive Conservative

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for

Swift Current—Maple Creek Swift Current—Maple Creek (previously known as Swift Current) was a federal electoral district in Saskatchewan, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1917 to 1988. This riding was created in 1914 as “Swift Curren ...

, Saskatchewan in the 1984 federal election. He was re-elected in

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in the new riding of Swift Current—Maple Creek—Assiniboia but defeated in

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Lee Morrison Lee Glen Morrison (born 6 March 1932 in Vidora, Saskatchewan) is a Canadian politician, formerly a member of the House of Commons of Canada from 1993 to 2000. He was first elected at the Swift Current—Maple Creek—Assiniboia electoral d ...

of the

Reform Party of Canada The Reform Party of Canada (french: Parti réformiste du Canada) was a right-wing populist and conservative federal political party in Canada that existed under that name from 1987 to 2000. Reform was founded as a Western Canada-based protes ...

. and

Electoral history

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* 1941 births Living people 20th-century Canadian politicians Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Saskatchewan Progressive Conservative Party of Canada MPs {{Saskatchewan-politician-stub