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Elizabeth Pemrose Henry was born in 1919 at the family farm near Shamrock, Saskatchewan, to Costello John "Jack" and Sarah Emily (Marriott) Henry. She received her early education at Shamrock Centre S.D. #4475 and at Shamrock Village School. In 1936, she moved to Regina and attended Success Business College. She was employed with Saskatchewan Pool Elevators Ltd. (1938-1945) and the Co-operative Union of Saskatchewan (1945-1950). Pemrose Henry married Edward Charles Whalen on November 27, 1948. They had three children: Gaile, Sheila and Timothy.

Throughout her adult life, Whalen was active in the federal and provincial Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) and New Democratic Party (NDP). In the 1960s and 1970s, she served as vice-president of the Saskatchewan CCF/NDP, as president of the Saskatchewan CCF/NDP Women, as Saskatchewan officer of the federal NDP, and as co-chair of the federal NDP Women's Committee. She also wrote a column entitled "Short Shots" for The Commonwealth, the newspaper of the Saskatchewan CCF/NDP, and was an active party organizer, campaign manager and speech writer.

Whalen earned a Bachelor of Arts degree, majoring in History, from the University of Regina in 1975. In the 1980s, she was employed with the Saskatchewan Archives Board and was a historical consultant on matters of the CCF in Saskatchewan. She assisted with research for two documentaries and a film on T.C. Douglas and, with husband Ed, edited and published the book Touched by Tommy.

Pemrose Whalen died in Regina on February 1, 2009.

Born July 11, 1924 in Amhertsburg, Ontario. Before entering federal politics, Whelan worked as a farmer and as reeve for Anderson Township. He was first elected to the House of Commons in 1962 as member for Essex South and was re-elected in this riding in 1963 and 1965. He continued in the House of Commons winning the riding of Essex in 1968, and then Essex-Windsor in 1972, 1974, 1979 and 1980. Whelan served in the cabinet of Pierre Trudeau as Minister of Agriculture from 1972 to 1979 and again from 1980 to 1984. He left Parliament in 1984, but returned as a Senator on August 9, 1996 until his retirement on July 11, 1999.

Whelan died on February 19, 2013.

Edward Charles Whelan was born on August 6, 1919 at Amherstburg, Ontario to Charles Bernard and Frances Kelly Whelan. He received his secondary education at General Amherst High School and the Toronto Technical School.

Whelan apprenticed in the construction and automobile industries in Ontario and completed a business management course before moving to Regina, Saskatchewan in 1946. He was employed with the Co-operative Union of Saskatchewan until 1950, when he joined the Department of the Attorney General. Whelan was chairman of the Provincial Mediation Board from 1956 to 1960. He then became a realtor and operated his own agency. Whelan was director of the Sherwood Co-op Association Ltd., director and vice-president of the Sherwood Credit Union, secretary to the Regina Labour Council (1948) and member of the Regina Community Planning Commission (1960).

Whelan was first elected to the Saskatchewan Legislature in 1960 and served as a Cooperative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) MLA for the Regina City (1960-1964) and Regina North (1964-1967) constituencies. He served as a New Democratic Party (NDP) MLA for Regina North West (1967-1979).

Whelan served in the Allan Blakeney Government as Minister of Mineral Resources (1975-1976); and Minister of Consumer Affairs (1976-1979). He was Minister Responsible for Saskatchewan Mining Development Corporation (1975-1976); Saskatchewan Government Insurance Office (1975-1979); Saskatchewan Minerals (1975-1979); Office of the Rentalsman (1976-1979); Rent Appeal Commission (1976-1979); and Provincial Mediation Board (1977-1979).

Whelan resigned from Cabinet and vacated his seat in the Legislative Assembly on June 19, 1979. John Solomon (NDP) was elected MLA for Regina North West in a 1979 by-election. After leaving political life, Whelan and his wife published books on former Saskatchewan politicians Tommy Douglas and Jack Corman.

Ed Whelan died in Regina on December 11, 2007.

Whelan married Elizabeth Pemrose Henry on November 27, 1948. They had three children: Gaile, Sheila and Timothy.

Seager Wheeler was born in England in 1868. After immigrating to the North-West Territories (now known as Saskatchewan) in 1885, Wheeler worked on his uncle's farm near Clark's Crossing and was a laborer in and around Moose Jaw. On April 1, 1890, he applied for a homestead on NE16-38-4-W3 in the Rosthern district and began farming. In 1898, he purchased 190 acres of land in the Rosthern district on which he established Maple Grove Farm.

Shortly after establishing his farm, Wheeler began educating himself on dry land farming techniques and seed selection and production. He joined the Canadian Seed Growers Association and began obtaining seed samples from various experimental farms. In 1911, Wheeler won first prize for the best hard spring wheat grown in North America at the New York Land Show. He won additional world championships for wheat produced on his farm in 1914, 1915, 1916 and 1918. During his farming career, Wheeler developed new strains of wheat (Marquis 10B, Red Bobs and Kitchener) and introduced horticultural species that could withstand the harsher climate and shorter growing season on the prairies. Wheeler wrote and spoke extensively on farming techniques; his book "Seager Wheeler's Book on Profitable Grain Growing" was published in 1919. Wheeler retired from farming in 1947 and moved to Victoria, British Columbia, where he died on December 15, 1961.

Wheeler received numerous awards in recognition of his contributions to prairie agriculture. He was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws degree by Queen's University in 1919, was named a Member of the Order of the British Empire (1945) and was inducted into the Saskatchewan Agricultural Hall of Fame (1972). Maple Grove Farm was designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1996.

Wheeler married Agnes Lillian Martin on December 17, 1908. He and his wife had four daughters.