Louis Harrington "Scoop" Lewry, (April 16, 1919 – February 25, 1992) was a Canadian politician and reporter. Born in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, he was elected as an alderman on the

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in 1948. Lewry later became mayor of the city in 1950 and served in this role until 1956. He was married to Jean Lewry (née Munroe), and had five children, Philip (Doreen Ludke), Catherine (Robert Patterson), Janet, Harold, and Mary (Roger Rothwell). He had 13 grandchildren and 7 great grandchildren. In

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, he ran and won in a close race for the position of Member of Parliament for

Moose Jaw—Lake Centre Moose Jaw—Lake Centre was a federal electoral district in Saskatchewan, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1953 to 1968 and from 1988 to 1997. This riding was created in 1953 from parts of Lake Centre, Moose Jaw ...

as a

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candidate. He ran again in 1958, losing widely to

J. Ernest Pascoe James Ernest Pascoe (August 7, 1900 – November 15, 1972) was a Canadian politician, farmer and journalist. Born in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, the son of James Pascoe and Mary Olton, he was unsuccessful in his first two bids for the position of M ...

in the Diefenbaker landslide. Pascoe was the same Conservative candidate he had defeated a year earlier. He then served as mayor again, from 1965 to 1970 and, in a third term of office, from 1983 to 1988. In 1980, he was made a Member of the Order of Canada.

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