Reginald John "Reg" Gross (born October 3, 1948) is a consultant and former political figure in

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, Canada. He represented

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from 1971 to 1975 and

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from 1978 to 1982 in the

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as a

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(NDP) member. He was born in

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, the son of Edward William Gross and Emilie T. Biesick, both natives of

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. In 1974, he married Debbie McDonald. Gross was defeated by

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when he ran in the Morse provincial riding in 1975 and then defeated Wiebe in the 1978 general election. He served in the Saskatchewan cabinet as Minister of Tourism and Renewable Resources and as Minister of Government Services. Gross was defeated by

Harold Martens Harold Arthur Martens (September 8, 1941 – January 8, 2023) was a Canadian rancher, farmer and political figure in Saskatchewan. He represented Morse from 1982 to 1995 in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan as a Progressive Conservative. ...

when he ran for reelection in 1982. He established and is head of C-Green Aggregators, an agricultural

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trading firm. As of 2012, Gross was a vice-president of Points West Consulting Inc.

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Saskatchewan New Democratic Party MLAs 1948 births Living people Members of the Executive Council of Saskatchewan {{Saskatchewan-politician-stub