Joseph Ingolph Hetland (30 July 1896 – 10 March 1982) was a
Liberal party
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member of the
House of Commons of Canada
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. He was born in
Chicago
(''City in a Garden''); I Will
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Illinois
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, United States and moved to Canada in 1907.
Hetland attended school at
Watson, Saskatchewan
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then studied at the Agricultural College in
Fargo, North Dakota
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. He became a farmer by career, a municipal councillor from 1929 to 1932 and a school trustee from 1931 to 1943.
He was first elected to Parliament at the
Humboldt riding in the
1949 general election. After serving one term in the House of Commons, the Humboldt riding had been disbanded and Hetland campaigned at the new
Humboldt—Melfort riding but lost to
Hugh Alexander Bryson of the
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
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1896 births
1982 deaths
American expatriates in Canada
Farmers from Saskatchewan
Liberal Party of Canada MPs
Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Saskatchewan
Politicians from Chicago
Saskatchewan municipal councillors
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