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Wood, Everett Irvine, 1910-1983
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- E.I. Wood
- Everett Irvine Wood
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Dates of existence
1910-1983
History
Everett Irvine Wood was born on the family farm in the Flats District, near Swift Current, Saskatchewan on October 4, 1910 to William B. and Bertha (Yeomans) Wood. Educated at the Flats School, Swift Current Collegiate and the Canadian Pentecostal Bible College in Winnipeg, Wood became a farmer in the Swift Current area.
Wood served in municipal affairs as a councillor for the R.M. of Saskatchewan Landing from 1947-1950, and as Reeve from 1952-1956. He also was secretary of the South West Saskatchewan Surface Rights Association, secretary and chairman of the Success Wheat Pool Committee, president of the Swift Current Rotary Club and a member of the Surface Rights Arbitration Board, the Saskatchewan Farmers' Union, and the Swift Current Agricultural and Exhibition Association.
First elected to the Saskatchewan Legislature as CCF Member for the Swift Current constituency in the 1956 general election, Wood was re-elected in 1960, 1964, 1967 and 1971. Appointed Speaker of the House in February 1961, he served in that capacity until November of that year when he was appointed to the portfolio of Minister of Municipal Affairs (November 1961-May 1964) in the Woodrow Lloyd Government. He chaired the Public Accounts Committee from 1968-1971. Wood also held the following portfolios in the Allan Blakeney Government: Minister of Public Works, (June 1971-January 1972) and Minister of Municipal Affairs (June 1971-June 1975). He retired from political life in 1975 due to ill-health but continued to be active in Pentecostal church and community affairs.
Everett Wood married Madelaine (Yvonne) McLeod of Edmonton, on January 22, 1955. They had one son, Duncan Everett McLeod. Wood died on March 20, 1983.
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Status
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Dates of creation, revision and deletion
2008-05-29 (Creation).
2012-03-06 (Approval).
2017-11-29 (Revision).
Language(s)
- English
Script(s)
- Latin
Sources
AMICUS Authorities - no entry found
GR 200 Introduction
Saskatchewan Executive and Legislative Directory
Hansard, Condolences, March 25, 1983.
Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1975
Swift Current Sun, Obituary Career of Service Ends - Wood Dies, March 22, 1983.