Reginald W. Cantelon (24 September 1902 – 2 September 1993) was a
Progressive Conservative Party member of the
House of Commons of Canada
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. He was born in
Indian Head, Northwest Territories and became a school principal and teacher by career.
He was first elected at the
Kindersley riding in the
1963 general election after an unsuccessful attempt to win the riding in the
1957 election. Cantelon was re-elected in the
1965
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, but defeated by
Rod Thomson of the
New Democratic Party
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in the
1968 election, when Cantelon's riding was changed to
Battleford—Kindersley Battleford—Kindersley was a federal electoral district (riding) n Saskatchewan, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1968 to 1979.
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1902 births
1993 deaths
Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Saskatchewan
Progressive Conservative Party of Canada MPs
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