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. Burton was a grand knight of the

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and a staunch

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and

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who argued during political meetings in

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, that the

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was more in line with the demands for

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made in

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s than other parties. He was elected to the

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in a 1938 provincial

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becoming the only Catholic MLA in the province. In an August 9, 1943 federal by-election, he was elected to the

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representing Humboldt for the CCF. He was re-elected in the 1945 general election but defeated in

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. During a 1947 debate in the House, Burton explained the compatibility of his religious and political views: After losing his federal seat, Burton returned to provincial politics as a

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MLA in the 1952 provincial election and served as Provincial Secretary in

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from 1952 until the 1956 provincial election when he was defeated by Mary Batten of the

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.Batten, Mary John
''Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan'' He died on August 1, 1960.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Burton, Joseph William 1892 births 1960 deaths 20th-century Canadian legislators Canadian anti-capitalists Canadian Christian socialists Canadian Roman Catholics Catholic socialists Co-operative Commonwealth Federation MPs Farmers from Saskatchewan Members of the Executive Council of Saskatchewan People from Humboldt, Saskatchewan Saskatchewan Co-operative Commonwealth Federation MLAs