William Austin Forsyth (June 20, 1917 – June 19, 2001) was a Canadian politician who represented

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as a

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in the Legislative Assembly of

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from 1967 to 1971. He was born in Saskatoon, of

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parentage and was a veteran of the

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. Forsyth attended the

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and University of California and was an optometrist. Dr. Forsyth was one of the founders of the Saskatoon Foundation in 1970, now known as Saskatoon Community Foundation.

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