Showing 7911 results

Niles Leonard Buchanan was born on June 12, 1909 at Roberts County, South Dakota to George and Pearl (Reimann) Buchanan. In 1913, he came to Saskatchewan with his family, who homesteaded in the Spring Valley district. Buchanan received his early education in the Spring Valley district and attended high school and normal school in Moose Jaw.

After graduating from normal school, Buchanan worked as a teacher in Saskatchewan for 14 years. He ran unsuccessfully as a Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) candidate in the 1940 federal election. Buchanan was elected to the Saskatchewan Legislature in 1944 as a CCF member for the Notukeu-Willow Bunch constituency and remained in his seat until 1956. After leaving politics, Buchanan worked at the Saskatchewan Power Corporation before moving to Vancouver, British Columbia for employment with B.C. Hydro. He returned to Regina and retired in 1974.

Buchanan died in Regina on September 16, 1987.

Buchanan married Emma Louise Knox on May 18, 1935. They had two children: Niles Larry and Robert Louis.

Gordon Forest Connell was born on January 25, 1888 in Neepawa, Manitoba. He had one sister and four brothers. Educated in Neepawa, Connell moved to Regina, Saskatchewan in 1912. He operated a grain and livestock farm in the Regina district until his retirement to Regina around 1950. Connell also served as a councillor and reeve (ca. 1935-1938) for the Rural Municipality of Sherwood No. 159.

Connell was active in various co-operative, livestock, agricultural and community organizations. He was a founding member of the Sherwood Co-operative Association and was active in the Polled Angus Breeders' Association. He was a charter member of the First Presbyterian Church congregation in Regina and wrote a history of the church around 1975. Connell served as president of the Regina Chamber of Commerce (1950-1951) and the Regina Oldtimers Association and was active in the establishment of the Regina Plains Museum.

Connell died in Regina on June 4, 1981.

Connell was married twice: first to Anna Ross, in 1919, and then to Ethel Walker Scott. Connell did not have any children.

Frederick Neibrandt was born on August 26, 1900 in Ebenezer, North-West Territories (later known as Saskatchewan) to Kasper and Mary (Nicholas) Neibrandt. He attended the West Ebenezer School and Yorkton Collegiate Institute. Neibrandt studied at the University of Manitoba for two years before attending the Yorkton Normal School to train as a teacher.

Neibrant taught at Otthon School prior to moving to Detroit, Michigan, where he worked in the construction industry and at the General Motors plant. In April, 1935, he moved to the Rhein, Saskatchewan district, where he farmed. In 1956, Neibrant was elected to the Saskatchewan Legislature as the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) member for the Yorkton constituency and remained in his seat until his defeat in the June 8, 1960 general election.

Neibrandt was active in numerous organizations, including the Yorkton Chamber of Commerce; the Yorkton Board of Trade and the Hudson Bay Rail Association. He was a charter member of the Rhein and District Golden Agers and served as the first president of the Rhein Curling Club.

Neibrandt died in Rhein on November 1, 1987.

Neibrandt married Lillian Bailey on February 6, 1924 in Winnipeg, Manitoba. They had two children: Henry and Lillian.

Charles Alfred Bradbrooke was born in Bethnal Green, Middlesex County, England on May 22, 1873. His mother was Emma Bletchley Bucks.

In 1889, Bradbrooke sailed from England to Nova Scotia, Canada where he worked until he migrated west to Saskatchewan in 1890. He worked in the Buchanan and Yorkton areas until 1898 when he returned to England to join the military. On January 12, 1899 Bradbrooke officially enlisted in the 1st Battalion of the Oxfordshire Light Infantry. He was deployed to South Africa on his first assignment and served there during the second Anglo-Boer War until 1902. After his service ended in South Africa, he transferred to the Imperial Army and served in Aden and India where he managed military dairy farms until circa 1906.

In 1907 Bradbrooke returned to Nova Scotia. He worked as a physical education instructor at Acadia University for two years. By 1911, he had returned to the Yorkton district in Saskatchewan where he worked until the Great War. Bradbrooke enlisted in the army as a private, served overseas and was wounded in action. At the end of the war, Bradbrooke returned to Canada with the rank of Major. He farmed near Madge Lake until 1922 when he served as an Indian Agent at Kamsack, Saskatchewan.

Bradbrooke was active in the Masons (1906 - 1948); the public and high school boards in Kamsack; the Canadian Legion and the Holy Trinity Church in Kamsack. He was passionate about education and about veterans' rights. He was also an avid sportsman and cricket player. In 1912, his Yorkton Saskatchewan cricket team defeated a touring Australian cricket team.

Bradbrooke was the recipient of the Silver Jubilee Medal (1935) and the Coronation Medal in recognition of his work with the Canadian Legion.

Bradbrooke died in Kamsack, Saskatchewan on June 7, 1948 at the age of 75 years.

In 1911 Bradbrooke married Emma Irons. She died in January of 1932. They had three sons and one daughter.

On October 2, 1932 Bradbrooke married Alice Sylvia Burt in Benito, Manitoba. They had four sons.

Milton Neil Campbell was born on January 21, 1881 in Greenvale, Prince Edward Island to Ewen and Isabel (Johnson) Campbell. He received his early education in Prince Edward Island and attended Prince of Wales College in Charlottetown.

After graduation, Campbell joined a railway company and moved in 1902 to the North-West Territories (later known as Saskatchewan). He worked as a station agent and telegraph operator until 1909, when he began to farm in the Pelly, Saskatchewan district. In 1921, Campbell was elected to the House of Commons as the Progressive Party member for the Mackenzie constituency. He resigned from his seat in 1933 to become vice-chairman of the Tariff Board of Canada, a position he held until his retirement in 1943. Campbell retired to Hamilton, Ontario and later resided in London, Ontario.

Campbell died in London, Ontario on November 11, 1965.

Campbell married Hazel May Dixon on June 2, 1908. The Campbells had four children: Henry George; James Douglas; Richard Wallace and Donalda Margaret.

Evelyn Lucille Eager was born on December 20, 1919 in Kenaston, Saskatchewan to John and Jessie (Mize) Eager. She was raised on the family farm east of Kenaston. Eager attended Aikins School, Kenaston High School and the Saskatoon Normal School. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Saskatchewan (1947) and a Doctor of Philosophy degree in political science from the University of Toronto (1958).

After graduating from the Saskatoon Normal School, Eager taught at Aikins School and in the Paddockwood and Duval districts. From 1950 to 1961, she was Assistant Provincial Archivist for Saskatchewan, working out of the Saskatoon office. Eager was an assistant professor of Political Science at the University of Saskatchewan, Regina Campus from 1961 to 1963, when she became secretary for the Saskatchewan Royal Commission on Taxation. In 1965, she moved to Thunder Bay, Ontario, where she was a professor of Political Science at Lakehead University. After her retirement in the early 1970s, she returned to Regina. Eager's book, "Saskatchewan Government: Politics and Pragmatism", was published in 1980.

Eager died in Regina on August 14, 1991.

Eager did not marry or have any children.

Hester Lynch was born on December 19, 1911 in Buchanan, Saskatchewan to Arthur and Elizabeth Lynch. She married Charles Shulver on October 16, 1932. In April, 1933, the Shulvers moved to the Woodrow district, where they farmed. The Shulvers moved to Lafleche in 1967 and to Regina in 1979.

Hester Shulver was active in numerous organizations, including the Order of the Eastern Star. She was an executive member of the Saskatchewan Homemakers' Clubs; a school trustee; a member of the Saskatchewan Diamond Jubilee and Canada Centennial Committee; and a substitute school bus driver (1944-1960) in Woodrow School District No. 3462.

Hester Shulver died in Regina on December 6, 2004.

Hester and Charles Shulver had three children: Carol; Mavis and Sylvia.

Charles Shulver was born on August 16, 1906 in Pierson, Manitoba to Herbert and Edith (Lemon) Shulver. He married Hester Lynch on October 16, 1932. Charles and Hester Shulver had three children: Carol; Mavis and Sylvia. Shulver attended the University of Saskatchewan, College of Agriculture in Saskatoon. The Shulvers farmed in the Woodrow, Saskatchewan district and Charles Shulver also drove school bus in Woodrow School District No. 3462 from 1941 to 1966. The Shulvers moved to Lafleche in 1967 and to Regina in 1979. Charles Shulver died in Regina on January 14, 2010.

George Joseph Trapp was born on June 5, 1909 in Kamsack, Saskatchewan to Joseph and Caroline (Slamp) Trapp. He moved to the Lipton district with his family in 1915. Trapp received his primary education in the Lipton district and attended Lipton High School and Luther College, Regina. He attended the Regina Normal School from 1929 to 1930 and earned a Bachelor of Education degree from the University of Saskatchewan in 1955.

After graduating from the Regina Normal School, Trapp began his teaching career at McDonald Hills School, a rural school north of Dysart. He then taught at Dysart Village School and Cupar Consolidated School and served as principal of Punnichy School from 1943 to 1964. Trapp served as a councilor with the Govan School Unit and was an executive member and president (1959-1960) of the Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation. He was named to the Canadian College of Teachers in 1961 and was named a honorary life member of the Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation in 1971.

Trapp's political career began in 1964, when he was elected to the Saskatchewan Legislature as the Liberal member for the Touchwood constituency. He served as Minister of Education in the Ross Thatcher Government from May 22, 1964 to October 31, 1967.

After his defeat in the 1967 general election, Trapp worked as Director of Continuing Education with the Saskatchewan Power Corporation (SaskPower) in Regina until his retirement in 1980.

Trapp died on November 25, 2002.

Trapp married Bess Stewart on February 2, 1933. The Trapps had two children: Marjorie and Murray.

John Stratford Burton was born on November 27, 1927 in Humboldt, Saskatchewan to Joseph and Marjorie (Colpitts) Burton. He was raised on the family farm in the Humboldt district and received his early education at Burton Lake School and Humboldt High School. Burton earned Bachelor of Science in Agriculture and Bachelor of Arts degrees from the University of Saskatchewan in 1951. He took graduate studies at the London School of Economics and at the University of Saskatchewan, Regina Campus.

Burton acquired membership to the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) in 1941. He served as National Secretary of the University CCF Clubs (1949); Saskatchewan President of the CCF Youth (1950-1952); National President of the CCF Youth (1954-1956) and on the provincial and national councils of the CCF.

Burton was an unsuccessful candidate in federal elections in the Melville electoral district in 1957, 1958 and 1962, and in the Regina City electoral district in 1965. He was elected as the New Democratic Party (NDP) Member of Parliament for the Regina East electoral district in 1968 and served as such until his defeat in the 1972 federal election. He was also an unsuccessful candidate for Regina East in the 1976 federal election. Burton served as federal vice-president of the NDP from 1971 to 1975.

From 1952 to 1968, Burton was employed by the Government of Saskatchewan as an economist. He was a member of the Economic Advisory and Planning Board of the Saskatchewan Government; Research Director, Office of the Leader of the Opposition from 1964 to 1968; and as part of the Planning and Research branch of the Office of Executive Council in the mid-1970s. In 1977, Burton was appointed Associate Deputy Minister of the Department of Tourism and Renewable Resources. He also served on the Board of Directors of the Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan in its infancy.

In 1981, Burton was appointed executive director of the Transportation Agency of Saskatchewan.

Burton was an unsuccessful candidate in the Wascana electoral district in the 1997 federal election.

Burton earned a Master of Arts degree from the University of Regina in June 2005. He was awarded the Saskatchewan Centennial Medal on September 26, 2005.

Burton died at Regina on December 9, 2022.