Guy Franklin Van Eaton (August 20, 1878 – January 9, 1950) was an

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-born farmer and politician in

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, Canada. He represented Shellbrook from 1945 to 1948 in the

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as a

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(CCF) member. He was born in

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, grew up in

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and continued his education in

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. He married Anna Flavel Van Eaton in 1910 and came to Canada in 1916, settling near

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. Van Eaton became a member of the

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. In 1927, he moved to a farm near Shellbrook. He ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the provincial assembly in 1929; in 1938, Van Eaton was campaign manager for Albert Mansfield, a CCF candidate running for the provincial Shellbrook seat. He was elected to the provincial assembly in a 1945 by-election held following the death of Albert Victor Sterling.

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