Gerhard Ens (January 9, 1864 O.S._.html" ;"title="Old_Style_and_New_Style_dates.html" ;"title="ecember 28, 1863 Old Style and New Style dates">O.S. ">Old_Style_and_New_Style_dates.html" ;"title="ecember 28, 1863 Old Style and New Style dates">O.S. – January 2, 1952) was a Ukrainian-born farmer, immigration agent and political figure in Saskatchewan. He represented Batoche (former electoral district), Batoche from 1905 to 1908 and Rosthern (provincial electoral district), Rosthern from 1908 to 1913 in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan as a Saskatchewan Liberal Party, Liberal. He was born in Neuendorf,

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, the son of Kornelius G. Ens and Barbara Giesbrecht. In 1883, Ens married Anna Dyck. He came to Canada with his family in 1891. Ens is considered by many to be the founder of

Rosthern, Saskatchewan Rosthern is a town at the juncture of Highway 11 and Highway 312 in the central area of Saskatchewan, Canada. It is located roughly halfway between the cities of Prince Albert and Saskatoon. History Mennonite settlers, led by Gerhard Ens, beg ...

. After the death of his first wife, he married Maria (Epp) Penner in 1936. Ens promoted

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immigration to Canada from Russia and the United States. He was also president of the Rosthern Realty Company. Ens served as government

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in the assembly. He resigned his seat in the assembly in 1913 when he was named Inspector of Public Institutions. He died in Rosthern.

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Saskatchewan Liberal Party MLAs 1864 births 1952 deaths People from Zaporizhzhia Canadian Mennonites Ukrainian emigrants to Canada Emigrants from the Russian Empire to Canada {{Saskatchewan-politician-stub