- PA 330
- Personne
- 1928-2009
Lorne Aubrey McLaren was born on August 17, 1928 in Saltcoats, Saskatchewan to Aird McLaren and Mildred Vaughan. He attended Aston School and received his secondary education in Saltcoats.
McLaren joined the Morris Rod Weeder Company in Yorkton, Saskatchewan in 1951 as a partsman and became president in 1979. McLaren served as a trustee on the Yorkton Public School board and was provincial finance chairman for the Progressive Conservative Party.
McLaren was first elected to the Saskatchewan Legislature in 1982 and served as a Progressive Conservative MLA for the Yorkton constituency until 1991. McLaren served in the Grant Devine Government as Minister of Labour (1982-1985). He was Minister Responsible for Labour Relations Board (1982-1985); Workers' Compensation Board (1982-1985); Workers' Advocate (1982-1985); Minimum Wage Board (1982-1985); Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan (1982-1983); Saskatchewan Power Corporation (1982-1985) and Crown Investments Corporation (1983-1985).
McLaren's Cabinet appointments were discontinued on December 16, 1985, when Premier Devine shuffled his Cabinet and reduced the number of ministers from 23 to 19. McLaren did not seek re-election in the 1991 provincial general election and Clay Serby (NDP) became the MLA for the Yorkton constituency.
Lorne McLaren died in Regina on January 4, 2009.
Lorne McLaren and his first wife, Audrey Hillis, married in 1951 and had four children: Blaine, Tenley, Bonnalyn and Coralee. McLaren was divorced in 1984 and later was married to Barbara McLaren.