James Auburn Pepper (August 9, 1915 – December 5, 1985) was a farmer and political figure in

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. He represented

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from 1964 to 1982 in the

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as a

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(CCF) and then New Democratic Party (NDP) member. He was born in

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, was educated there and worked on the family farm until 1963, when he moved to

. Pepper was an active member of the Lomond Rural Municipal Council for twelve years, and also a member of the Goodwater Centralized School Board for a number of years. Pepper was a member of the

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Personal life

Pepper married Jean Thackeray in 1940 and had four children.

References

Saskatchewan Co-operative Commonwealth Federation MLAs 20th-century Canadian politicians Saskatchewan New Democratic Party MLAs 1915 births 1985 deaths {{Saskatchewan-politician-stub