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Anderson, Eiliv Howard, 1934-

  • Person
  • 1934-

Eiliv Howard (Sonny) Anderson was born on a farm west of Robsart, Saskatchewan (7-5-25-W3) on July 20, 1934, to Thore Albert Anderson and Randine (Hanson) Anderson. He attended Luce School and Robsart High School, and after working in a Maple Creek bank for a year, took over the family farm. As well as being a rancher, Sonny Anderson served as president of a consulting firm, and as a director for Saskatchewan Stock Growers Association, before being elected as an Member of the Legislative Assembly for the constituency of Shaunavon in 1975. He served until 1978 when he lost the riding to Dwain Lingenfelter. After the election he served for a time as Executive Director of the Liberal Party, before being asked by federal minister of agriculture Eugene Whelan to come to Ottawa to do a study on the beef industry. This led to his being named Chairman and CEO of the Farm Credit Corporation, serving from about 1982 to 1987. He and his wife remained in Ottawa for 27 years, where Sonny also worked for the Prime Minister's Office writing speeches and doing research, primarily in the area of agricultural economics. He worked for six different prime ministers, from Pierre Trudeau to Paul Martin. During his time there he obtained an Executive Masters of Business Administration Degree from Queen's University School of Business. He was awarded the Queen's Silver Jubilee Medal in 1977.

Anderson married Joy Brekhus in 1962, and they had 2 children: Jennifer (1970-1979) and Jordan (born 1975).

Anderson, James Thomas Milton, 1878-1946

  • PA 522
  • Person
  • 1878-1946

James Thomas Milton Anderson was born on July 23, 1878, in Fairbank, Ontario, to James and Mary (Ferris) Anderson. He received his early education in Fairbank and in Toronto. He taught for six years in Algoma, Ontario, before relocating to Manitoba in 1906 and subsequently to Saskatchewan in 1908 where he taught at Gravel Plain S.D. #1492 near Melville. He moved to Grenfell in 1910 where he served as teacher and principal of Grenfell Village School. In the fall of 1911, Anderson was appointed Inspector of Schools by the provincial Department of Education and served in this role until 1918. Concurrent to his employment, Anderson earned a Bachelor of Arts degree (1911), a Bachelor of Laws degree (1913), and a Master of Arts degree (1914) from the University of Manitoba, and a Doctorate of Pedagogy from the University of Toronto in 1918. Also in 1918, Anderson's book The Education of the New Canadian: A Treatise on Canada's Greatest Educational Problem was published. From 1918 to 1922, Anderson served as provincial Director of Education Among New Canadians, and from 1922 until 1924, was Inspector of Schools for the Saskatoon City district and an instructor at the Saskatoon Normal School.

Anderson became leader of the Conservative Party in Saskatchewan at its convention in March 1924. He was first elected to the Saskatchewan Legislature in 1925 as the Conservative Party Member of the Legislative Assembly for the Saskatoon City constituency. He was re-elected in the June 1929 general election. On September 4, 1929, the minority Liberal Government was defeated in a motion of confidence by a coalition comprised of Conservative, Progressive and Independent members of the Legislature. Anderson was sworn in as Premier of Saskatchewan and President of the Executive Council on September 9, 1929. He also served as Minister of Education (1929-1934) and Minister of Natural Resources (1930-1934). In response to the socio-economic crisis of the Depression, Anderson's self-described "co-operative government" established the Saskatchewan Relief Commission and the Debt Adjustment Board in 1931. It also made amendments to The School Act in an effort to make public schools more secular, and to The Public Service Act through the establishment of the Public Service Commission. The formal transfer of the jurisdiction of Crown lands and natural resources in 1930 also occurred during Anderson's premiership. The Anderson Government was defeated in the 1934 general election by the Liberal Party led by James Gardiner.

Although he lost his seat in Legislature in the 1934 election, Anderson continued as leader of the Conservative Party until October 1936. He then operated an insurance business in Saskatoon until September 1944 when he was appointed as Acting Superintendent of the Provincial School for the Deaf. Anderson died in Saskatoon on December 29, 1946. He was interred at Woodlawn Cemetery in Saskatoon.

Anderson married Edith Redgwick on July 26, 1911, in Grenfell. They had two children: Byron and Elaine. Edith Anderson died in Saskatoon on July 12, 1947, and was interred beside her husband at Woodlawn Cemetery.

Anderson, Matthew S., 1882-1974

  • PA 409
  • Person
  • 1882-1974

Mathias Sevrin Anderson was born on October 22, 1882 in Hoddevik, Norway to A. and Olina (Amundson) Anderson. In 1902, Anderson emigrated to North America and in 1904, he applied for a homestead in the North-West Territories (later known as Saskatchewan). Anderson farmed in the Bulyea district.

Anderson was elected to the council of McKillop Rural Municipality No. 220 in 1922. He served as a councilor (1922-1930) and reeve (1930-1949). Around 1927, Anderson developed a province-wide health insurance plan which he put before the annual meeting of the Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities. When the plan failed to receive support, Anderson focused on developing a health plan for residents of his municipality. After receiving overwhelming support in a 1938 plebiscite, the plan was introduced to the Saskatchewan Legislature. In March, 1939 the bill called 'An Act Respecting Medical and Hospital Services for Municipalities' was passed. Often referred to as the 'Matt Anderson Bill', it allowed municipalities to collect taxes for health services, a concept that was later adopted at the regional and provincial level.

Anderson's memoir, Bold Experiment: a pioneer's vision of health care, written with Harold S. Longman, was published in 1969. Anderson died on July 24, 1974.

Anderson married Martha Amundson in Norway on March 26, 1905. They had seven children: Andrew, Amund, Margaret, Mathew, Helmer, Otto and Dorothy.

Andrew, Bob [Robert Lynal], 1944-

  • PA 250
  • Person
  • 1944-

Robert Lynal Andrew was born on April 13, 1944 in Eston, Saskatchewan to Robert Elvin Andrew, an elevator agent, and Elizabeth Ann Ellis. Andrew received his primary and secondary education in Eston and earned Bachelor of Arts (Political Science) and Bachelor of Laws degrees from the University of Saskatchewan in 1966 and 1970 respectively.

Andrew's interest in politics was evident at an early age. In 1968, he worked on Robert Stanfield's federal election campaign and worked locally for the federal Progressive Conservatives campaigns in 1972 and 1974.

Andrew worked in the oil and potash industries in Saskatchewan and Alberta from 1967 to 1970, when he began practicing law in Kindersley, Saskatchewan. He was admitted to the Bar of Saskatchewan in 1971 and was the senior partner in the Kindersley firm Andrew, Ritter, Chinn from 1973 to 1980. Andrew was a member of the Eston Town Council (1972-1974) and was active in the Kindersley community. He served as Vice-President of the Chamber of Commerce, treasurer of the Minor Sports Association and President of the Bar Association.

Andrew was first elected to the Saskatchewan Legislature in 1978 and served as a Progressive Conservative MLA for the Kindersley constituency until 1989. Andrew served in the Grant Devine Government as Minister of Finance (1982-1985); Minister of Economic Development and Trade (1985-1988); Minister of Justice and Attorney General (1986-1989) and Minister of Trade and Investment (1988-1989).

Andrew was Minister Responsible for numerous agencies, boards and commissions including Provincial Auditor (1982-1985); Saskatchewan Assessment Authority (1982-1983); Municipal Financing Corporation (1982-1985); Treasury Board (1982-1985); Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan (1983-1985); Crown Investments Corporation (1983-1986); Saskatchewan Economic Development Corporation (SEDCO) (1985-1986); Provincial Mediation Board (1987-1989) and Office of the Rentalsman (1987-1989).

Andrew resigned from Cabinet on October 3, 1989. In December, 1989, he vacated his seat in the Legislature and became the agent-general in Saskatchewan's new trade office in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Bill Boyd (PC) became the MLA for the Kindersley constituency in October, 1991.

On November 22, 1991, Andrew was dismissed from his trade post when the NDP government closed all of the province's trade offices. Andrew was appointed to the National Energy Board in December, 1991. He moved to Calgary, Alberta and began his term in March, 1992. Andrew was fired from the National Energy Board in May 1997.

Andrew was a Canadian Permanent Fund Scholar in 1968.

Bob Andrew married Norma Lynne Tunall on December 22, 1964. They have four children: Robert, Kalen, Sharmen, and Dreeson.

Andrews, Rubena Hindle, 1903-1993

  • Person
  • 1903-1993

Rubena Andrews was born in Owen Sound, Ontario on June 19, 1903 to Abel James Hindle and Mary Ann Sinclair. The family moved to Saskatchewan when Rubena was young, and her father served as Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for the riding of Willow Bunch from 1917-1924. Rubena began her career as a teacher in about 1920, and later worked for the Department of Education (about 1922-1931).

She married Vernard Reginald Andrews in 1931 and they moved to Ontario where they had 3 children.

Rubena passed away on January 4, 1993 in North Bay, Ontario.

Archie Jamieson Family, 1888-

  • PA 427
  • Family
  • 1888-

Archibald (Archie) Jamieson was born in Valleyfield, Quebec on July 8, 1888 to John and Agnes (McFarlane) Jamieson. His family had emigrated from Paisley, Renfrew County, Scotland in 1886 or 1887. Jamieson had five siblings: Agnes, John, Malcolm, William, and Annie.

Jamieson lived in Rhode Island from 1906 to 1910 and studied mechanical engineering at university in Providence. Following graduation, he moved to Pawtucket, Rhode Island and then to Baltimore, Maryland. On September 12, 1912, he married Rosamond Ihley of Milltown, New Jersey. After briefly living in Baltimore, the Jamiesons moved to Toronto, Ontario in 1913. From 1913 to 1918, Jamieson worked for Consolidated Steel Company. The Jamiesons had two children: John (born 1920) and Malcolm (Mack) (born 1922). Rosamond Jamieson died in 1923.

In May 1923, Jamieson moved to Fort Frances, Ontario to be closer to his brother, John. Archie Jamieson remained in the area briefly and worked in the local lumber industry. By 1925, Jamieson had returned to Toronto and taken a position with Central Scientific Company. In 1927, Jamieson attended and graduated from the Ontario College for Technical Teachers in Hamilton, Ontario. He was then employed as a mechanical engineer and foreman at the Victory Gold Mine in Goldboro, Nova Scotia.

On June 26, 1929, Archie Jamieson married Edna Georgina Peitzsche in the Goldboro Baptist Church. They had their first child, William Archibald (Archie Jr.) on January 22, 1933 while in Goldboro. The family remained in Goldboro while Jamieson pursued other career opportunities in the mining industry by first moving to Quebec and then to Lee Lake, Ontario. The family joined him in Lee Lake in June 1934, but when the mine in Lee Lake closed the following year, Edna and Archie Jr. returned to Goldboro and Jamieson went on to Goldfields, Saskatchewan to set up a gold mine (Althona). The family would not join him in Goldfields until 1937. While living in Goldfields, the Jamiesons had two more children: David, born on December 29, 1937, and Bernice, born in 1939. When the Goldfields mine closed in 1939, the family returned to Goldboro. Jamieson then moved to Outpost Island on Great Slave Lake in the North West Territories to rebuild the gold mine there in 1940, but returned to Goldboro in 1941. The Jamiesons' fourth child, Sheila Anne, was born on May 5, 1942 in Amherst, Nova Scotia. In the fall of 1946, the family moved to Walton, Nova Scotia and remained there until Archie Jamieson's death on March 1, 1960. Edna Jamieson died in Halifax, Nova Scotia on May 21, 1998.

David Jamieson, son of Archie and Edna Jamieson, attended high school in Nova Scotia and Mount Allison University in New Brunswick. In 1958, he moved to Tempe, Arizona to study at Arizona State College/University and while there he met and married Carol Warner. David and Carol had two sons: David Jr. (born 1961) and Derek (born 1963). In 1962, the family moved to Halifax, Nova Scotia, where David Jamieson worked for various insurance companies. The family moved to Western Canada in 1970 and settled in Medicine Hat, Alberta in 1980. David and Carol Jamieson divorced in 1982. In 1985, David Jamieson began working in the real estate industry and married Patricia (Pat) Ann Gilroy. The Jamiesons currently (2015) reside near Medicine Hat, Alberta.

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