Roy Edgar Nelson (December 3, 1925 – March 26, 2012) was a

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provincial

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. He was the

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member of the

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for the constituency of Assiniboia-Gravelbourg, from 1975 until 1978. He was the first MLA for the Assiniboia-Gravelbourg district, representing the riding for a single term before losing to Allen Willard Engel of the

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in the 1978 general election. Before entering politics, Roy Nelson served in the

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in the

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. After the war he was in business, then farmed and

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ed in the Glentworth area in southern Saskatchewan. He was active within the community, serving as president of the

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and leading the rink building committee, president of the

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Legion bantam baseball league, director and vice-president of the community hall and as local branch president and zone commander for the Royal Canadian Legion. He also coached bantam baseball and

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, as well as organized hockey and baseball schools. After his term as MLA, he served as chairman of the Grasslands National Park Advisory Committee and as national president of the Canadian Piedmontese Cattle Association. He also served on the boards of the local

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, union hospital, village council and school as well as volunteering for the local fire department and

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. In 1997 he received the

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. He died of cancer on March 26, 2012.

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