Jack Goohsen (born November 7, 1942) is a farmer and former political figure in

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, Canada. Goohsen was born in

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and studied agricultural management at the

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. He established a farm in the Gull Lake area. He served on the council for the rural municipality of Carmichael, serving as reeve from 1981 to 1992, and was elected to represent Maple Creek in the

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and again in the new Cypress Hills district in the

1995 Saskatchewan general election The 1995 Saskatchewan general election was held on June 21, 1995 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan. The New Democratic Party government of Premier Roy Romanow was re-elected for a second term, although with a reduced ...

to the

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as a Progressive Conservative. In the spring of 1997, Goohsen was criminally charged after he was accused of trying to buy sex from a 14-year-old girl. As a result of this scandal, he was not invited to join the caucus of the newly founded

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when it was formed by the remaining Progressive Conservative members along with some

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MLA's that summer. Goohsen remained in the legislature as an independent member while his case made its way through the courts. Gooshen resigned as an MLA after being convicted in 1999 on the child prostitution charge. He lost his appeal to the SK Court of Appeal.

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1942 births Living people Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan MLAs {{Saskatchewan-politician-stub