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Eric Arthur Berntson was born on May 16, 1941 at Oxbow, Saskatchewan to Arthur Berntson and Johanna Larson. He received his early education at Glen Ewen, Saskatchewan and attended high school at Halifax, Nova Scotia. He later attended the University of Calgary.

After serving eight years as a pilot with the Royal Canadian Navy and Royal Canadian Air Force, Berntson moved to Calgary, Alberta, where he worked in electronic data processing for National Cash Register. He returned to Saskatchewan around 1972 and began farming in the Carievale district. Berntson was a member of the Saskatchewan Wheat Pool, the Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association and the Royal Canadian Legion.

Berntson was first elected to the Saskatchewan Legislature in 1975 and served as a Progressive Conservative MLA for the Souris-Cannington constituency until 1990. He was Leader of the Official Opposition in the Saskatchewan Legislature from 1979 to 1982. Berntson served in the Grant Devine Government as Minister of Agriculture (1982-1983); Minister of Economic Development and Trade (1983-1985); Provincial Secretary (1983-1990); Minister of Economic Development and Tourism (1989-1990) and Deputy Premier (1982-1989). He was Minister Responsible for numerous agencies, boards and commissions including Agricultural Development Corporation (1982-1990); Saskatchewan Water Corporation (1985-1986); Souris Basin Development Authority (1986-1989); Saskatchewan Mining Development Corporation (1988-1990) and Crown Investments Corporation (1987-1990).

Berntson resigned from Cabinet on April 10, 1990 and vacated his seat in the Saskatchewan Legislature on July 19, 1990. On September 27, 1990, he was appointed to the Senate of Canada on the advice of Prime Minister Brian Mulroney. Berntson served as Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Senate from 1994 to 1997. He resigned his seat in the Senate on February 27, 2001.

Eric Berntson died at Ottawa, Ontario on September 23, 2018.

Miro Kwasnica was a New Democratic Party (NDP) member of the Saskatchewan Legislative Assembly (MLA) for the riding of Cut Knife-Lloydminster until October 18, 1978 after winning in the 1967, 1971, 1975 general elections.

Thomas John Bentley was born on May 3, 1891 in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia to Wells and Annie (Brown) Bentley. He was educated in Nova Scotia. Bentley worked in logging camps and on railway bridge construction prior to enlisting with the Canadian Army in 1915. He served overseas with the Canadian Expeditionary Force, 66th Battalion and received the Distinguished Conduct Medal during his tour of duty.

Bentley returned to Canada in 1919 and farmed in the Preeceville, Saskatchewan district until 1926, when he began work with the Saskatchewan Wheat Pool, first as an elevator operator and later as field staff. Bentley resigned from the Pool in 1944 to embark on a career in politics.

Bentley was elected to the House of Commons in 1945 and served as a Cooperative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) member for the Swift Current constituency until his defeat in 1949. He was elected to the Saskatchewan Legislature in 1949 and served as a CCF member for the Gull Lake (1949-1952) and Shaunavon (1952-1960) constituencies. Bentley served in the T.C. Douglas Government as Minister of Public Health (1949-1956) and Minister of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation (1956-1960). He retired from political life in 1960.

Bentley served two years on a medicare advisory committee headed by Dr. Walter Thompson before retiring to Saskatoon and later Vancouver, British Columbia. He died on June 2, 1983 in Vancouver.

Bentley married Lenora Rachel Chabot on April 1, 1914. They had five children: Ruth, Joseph, Donald, Thomas, and Jack.

Frank C. Ford was born in Toronto, Ontario, on March 4, 1873 to James Ford and Catherine Poole. He received his early education in Ontario and earned Bachelor and Doctor of Civil Law degrees from Trinity University. He was admitted to Osgoode Hall Law School in 1890 and articled with Read, Read and McKnight. Ford was called to the Ontario bar in 1895.

Ford served as the Private Secretary to D'Alton McCarthy from 1893 to 1897, when he became a partner with the firm Denton, Dods and Ford. In 1898, he became Private Secretary and Solicitor to the Honourable Arthur Sturgis Hardy (Premier and Attorney General of Ontario) and for the Honourable J.M. Gibson (Attorney General of Ontario). Ford served as a Captain in the Canadian Militia on the reserve of the 20th Regiment (the Lorne Rifles) in the County of Halton. In 1900, Ford became the Solicitor to the Treasury and remained at that post until 1904.

Frank Ford moved to Western Canada in 1904. He accepted the command of the 95th Regiment shortly after its formation in July 1905. As Major, he was responsible for enlisting commissioned and non-commissioned officers and private soldiers for the newly formed regiment. Ford was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel on October 7, 1908 and retained command of the regiment until March 10, 1911.

Ford was admitted to the Bar of the Northwest Territories and served as Deputy Attorney General for Saskatchewan from 1906 to 1910. He later moved to Edmonton, Alberta to practice law with the firm of Emery, Newell, Ford, Bolton and Mount. He remained with the firm until his appointment to the Supreme Court of Alberta, Trial Division on May 3, 1926. On November 3, 1936, he was appointed a justice of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of Alberta. He retired from the bench in 1954 and died in Edmonton on March 21, 1965.

Ford served as Chancellor of the Edmonton Diocese of the Anglican Church of Canada from 1913 to 1943, and was Chancellor of the University of Alberta from 1941 to 1946.

Ford was appointed a King's Counsel in Saskatchewan (1907), Ontario (1910) and Alberta (1913).

Frank Ford married Nora Elizabeth Sampson in Toronto on June 28, 1899. They had four children. Nora Ford died in 1920 and Frank Ford married Jane Duff Kerr on July 30, 1923.

Mabel Elizabeth Taylor was born in 1909 in Dauphin, Manitoba. She had four sisters and four brothers. She completed her nursing training in Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1931. In 1937, she married Norman Gleadow, an RCMP constable who was killed in the line of duty in October, 1939. From 1941 to 1945, she served as a nursing sister with the Canadian Army in various parts of Europe.

In 1946, Mabel Gleadow became the first flight nurse of the Saskatchewan Air Ambulance Service in Regina. In 1947 she moved to Esterhazy, Saskatchewan, where she worked as a nurse until her return to Regina in 1957. She worked as a nurse at the Grey Nuns Hospital and was matron of Parkside Nursing Home. Mabel Gleadow died on January 6, 1968 in Regina and is buried in Riverside Memorial Park.

Mabel Gleadow married Alexander Lukiwski in 1947. They had two sons, Terry and Thomas. Alexander Lukiwski died on March 18, 1988 and is also buried at Riverside Memorial Park.

Raymond J. Marcotte was born on November 11, 1928 in Prud'homme, Saskatchewan to Ernest and Rosee Marcotte. He had four siblings: Lucille, Roland, Robert and Maurice.

Marcotte received his elementary education in Prud'homme and completed his secondary education and cours classique at College Mathieu in Gravelbourg. He then studied law for one year at the University of Saskatchewan.

From 1949 to 1972, Marcotte resided in Saskatoon and held a variety of occupations, as follows: employee at Coca-Cola Ltd. (1949-1952); proprietor of Brownie's Confectionery (1952-1959); secretary-manager of caisse populaire francaise de Saskatoon Ltee (1954-1972); secretary-manager of le conseil de la cooperation (1959-1961); general manager of CFNS radio station (1961-1970); and social development officer in Saskatchewan for the Government of Canada (1970-1972).

After one year as the general manager of the French radio station CFRG in Gravelbourg, Marcotte began his career with Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) Radio-Canada in Regina. Marcotte served as director of French radio (1973-1976); director of French radio and television (1976-1982); associate director of French services in Saskatchewan (1982-1983); and regional director of French services in Saskatchewan (1983-1988). In 1988, Marcotte was appointed CBC's associate vice-president, regional broadcasting (French services) in Ottawa, Ontario and held that position until his retirement in 1992.

Marcotte was a member of numerous organizations and associations and was a founding member of Club Richelieu, La comite de la radio francaise en Saskatchewan and fondation de le radio francaise en Saskatchewan. His contributions to the community and to French language and culture earned him numerous awards, including the Ordre du Merit cooperative de la Saskatchewan; Ordre du Merit cooperative du Canada; President's Award CBC Radio-Canada; and Order of Canada.

Marcotte died in Ottawa, Ontario on October 17, 2005.

Marcotte married Lorraine Blanchette on July 8, 1953. They had five children: Marc, Monique, Martin, Marcel and Margot.

William Melville Martin was born in Norwich, Ontario on August 23, 1876 to the Reverend W.M. Martin and Christine (Jameson) Martin. He attended Exeter Public School and Clinton Collegiate before entering the University of Toronto in 1894. Martin graduated in 1898 with an honours degree in classics. He then attended the Ontario School of Pedagogy in Hamilton, obtaining a teacher's certificate. Martin taught classics in Wellington County for two years before returning to university to study law at Osgoode Hall in Toronto. In 1905, Martin moved to Regina, Saskatchewan to practice law with his cousin, James Balfour.

Martin entered politics in 1908 federal election, winning the newly-created Regina constituency for the Liberals. He was re-elected in 1911. In 1916 Martin was asked to lead the Saskatchewan Liberals when Walter Scott resigned as premier. He was elected by acclamation to the Legislative Assembly representing the Regina City constituency. Martin led the Liberals to victory in the elections of 1917 and 1921. During his tenure as Premier, Martin also held cabinet posts of Minister of Education, President of the Executive Council, Minister of Railways, Attorney General, and Minister of Telephones and Telegraphs. Tensions in the Liberal caucus led to Martin's resignation in 1922.

Shortly following his retirement from politics, he was appointed a judge for the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal. Martin became Chief Justice in 1941 and held that position until his retirement in 1961. Martin served as custodian of Enemy Alien Property in Canada during World War II and was Chairman of a commission tasked with revising the Criminal Code of Canada in 1949.

Martin was active in his community throughout his life. He served as Chairman of the Board of Managers of the First Presbyterian Church of Regina from 1925 to 1942, Grand Master of the Saskatchewan Masonic Lodge in 1927, and, at various times, was President of the Canadian Red Cross Society, the Cancer Fund, the Canadian National Institute of the Blind, and Ducks Unlimited Canada.

Martin married Violette Florence Thompson on September 26, 1906. They had three sons; Walter, Douglas, and Kenneth. Martin died in Regina, Saskatchewan on June 22, 1970.