Joseph Ingolph Hetland (30 July 1896 – 10 March 1982) was a

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member of the

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. He was born in

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, United States and moved to Canada in 1907. Hetland attended school at

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then studied at the Agricultural College in

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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

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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 {{Saskatchewan-politician-stub