Warden Burgess (December 21, 1899 – February 13, 1979) was a political figure in

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. He represented

Qu'Appelle-Wolseley Qu'Appelle-Wolseley is a former provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of the province of Saskatchewan, Canada. This district was created before the 8th Saskatchewan general election in 1934 by combining the constituencies of ...

from 1944 to 1948 in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan as a

Co-operative Commonwealth Federation The Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF; french: Fédération du Commonwealth Coopératif, FCC); from 1955 the Social Democratic Party of Canada (''french: Parti social démocratique du Canada''), was a federal democratic socialism, democra ...

(CCF) member. Born in

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, he came to

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with his family in 1903. Burgess served as a delegate for his district to the Saskatchewan Wheat Pool from 1937 to 1941 and was a Wheat Pool director from 1949 to 1955. He also served as secretary for the Co-operative Hail Insurance Company and as president of the Co-operative Trust Company. Burgess served as a director of the Anti-Tuberculosis League. He was defeated when he ran for reelection to the provincial assembly in 1948.

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Saskatchewan Co-operative Commonwealth Federation MLAs 20th-century Canadian legislators 1899 births 1979 deaths {{Saskatchewan-politician-stub