Harold Arthur Martens (September 8, 1941 – January 8, 2023) was a Canadian rancher, farmer and political figure in
Saskatchewan
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. He represented
Morse
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from 1982 to 1995 in the
Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan as a
Progressive Conservative.
Life and career
Martens was born in
Herbert, Saskatchewan
Herbert is a town located in the Rural Municipality of Morse No. 165, in southwest Saskatchewan, Canada. The community is 48 km east of the city of Swift Current, and 197 km west of Regina the provincial capital, on the Trans-Canada ...
on September 8, 1941,
the son of Eugene and Lydia Martens. Martens served on the council for the rural municipality of
Saskatchewan Landing, serving as reeve from 1977 to 1978. He was also a member of the senate for the
University of Regina. Martens served in the Saskatchewan cabinet as Associate Minister of Agriculture and Food. After the Devine government was defeated, he served as deputy opposition leader and opposition finance critic. Martens retired from provincial politics in 1995 and returned to ranching.
Martens was ordered to repay $5,850 after being found guilty in the Saskatchewan Progressive Conservative fraud scandal of the 1980s.
Martens went on to serve as reeve for the rural municipality of
Excelsior. As of 2006, he was living in
Swift Current.
Martens later served as president of the Saskatchewan Stock Growers Association.
Martens died on January 8, 2023, at the age of 81.
References
1941 births
2023 deaths
Members of the Executive Council of Saskatchewan
Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan MLAs
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