Herbert Junior Swan (January 20, 1927 – May 28, 2013) was the 18th Speaker for the

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. He held this post from 1982 to 1986. A member of the

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, Swan represented the riding of

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. The son of Herbert Swan, he was educated in Demaine, at the Saskatoon Technical Institute and Success Business College. Swan was a farmer and operated a grain seed business. In 1949, he married Anita Syroishka. Swan served on the local school board and was president of the Saskatchewan School Trustees' Association from 1976 to 1978. He served in the provincial cabinet as Minister of the Environment from 1986 to 1987 and as Minister of the Environment and Public Safety from 1987 to 1989. Swan retired from politics in 1991. He was later a resident of

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, and died in Saskatoon in 2013.

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1927 births 2013 deaths Speakers of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan MLAs Members of the Executive Council of Saskatchewan {{Saskatchewan-politician-stub