James Ernest Pascoe (August 7, 1900 – November 15, 1972) was a

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politician, farmer and journalist. Born in

Moose Jaw Moose Jaw is the fourth largest city in Saskatchewan, Canada. Lying on the Moose Jaw River in the south-central part of the province, it is situated on the Trans-Canada Highway, west of Regina. Residents of Moose Jaw are known as Moose Javians ...

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, the son of

James Pascoe James Pascoe (November 29, 1863 – September 7, 1931) was a British-born farmer and political figure in Saskatchewan. He represented Moose Jaw City in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan from 1921 to 1925 as an independent Conservative. B ...

and Mary Olton, he was unsuccessful in his first two bids for the position of

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for

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, Pascoe defeated Louis H. Lewry in the 1958 federal election as a Progressive Conservative Party candidate. He was re-elected easily until the 1968 election, when he was defeated narrowly in the newly named riding of

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candidate

John Skoberg John Leroy Skoberg (February 2, 1926 – August 12, 2012) was a Canadian politician. A member of the New Democratic Party, he represented the electoral district of Moose Jaw in the House of Commons from 1968 to 1972, and Moose Jaw North in the ...

. He later served as

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of the City of

from 1971 to 1972.

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Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Saskatchewan Progressive Conservative Party of Canada MPs Mayors of Moose Jaw 1900 births 1972 deaths People from Moose Jaw Canadian people of Cornish descent {{Saskatchewan-mayor-stub