John Robert Denike (November 22, 1903 – 1985) was a political figure in

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. He represented

Torch River Torch River is a river in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. The river's source is the dam at Candle Lake, near Candle Lake Provincial Park, and it travels east through boreal forest and muskeg en route to its mouth in the Saskatchewan ...

from 1948 to 1952 in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan as a

Co-operative Commonwealth Federation The Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF; french: Fédération du Commonwealth Coopératif, FCC); from 1955 the Social Democratic Party of Canada (''french: Parti social démocratique du Canada''), was a federal democratic socialism, democra ...

(CCF) member. He was born in Summerland, British Columbia, the son of Stephen Denike and Isla Sirman, and was educated there and in Victoria. In 1929, Denike married Delchen Gentner. He lived in

Nipawin, Saskatchewan Nipawin () is a town in Saskatchewan, Canada, on the Saskatchewan River portion of Tobin Lake. The town lies between Codette Lake, created by the Francois-Finlay Dam (built in 1986) and Tobin Lake, created by the E.B. Campbell Dam built in ...

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Saskatchewan Co-operative Commonwealth Federation MLAs 20th-century Canadian politicians 1903 births 1985 deaths People from Summerland, British Columbia {{Saskatchewan-politician-stub