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James Forbes Creighton (November 2, 1879 – May 5, 1944) was a physician and political figure in
Saskatchewan Saskatchewan is a Provinces and territories of Canada, province in Western Canada. It is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, to the northeast by Nunavut, and to the south by the ...
. He represented
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from 1925 to 1929 in the
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as an independent member. He was born in
Wingham, Ontario Wingham (2016 census population 2,934) is a community located in the municipality of North Huron, Ontario, Canada, which is located in Huron County. Wingham became part of North Huron in 2001 when the Ontario government imposed amalgamation on ...
, the son of John Creighton and Agnes McCallum, and was educated in
Alexander, Manitoba Alexander, Manitoba, is a local urban district in the Rural Municipality of Whitehead, situated on Highway 1, west of Brandon. The community's closest city is Brandon, Manitoba, and their school is part of the Brandon School Division. His ...
and at Manitoba University. In 1905, he married Agnes M. Cross. Creighton served in South Africa from 1899 to 1902 and was a member of an ambulance unit during
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. He lived in Estevan, Saskatchewan. Creighton opened Estevan's first modern hospital in 1924. Creighton Lodge nursing home in Estevan was named in his honour.


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Independent MLAs in Saskatchewan 1879 births 1944 deaths People from Wingham, Ontario 20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan {{Saskatchewan-MLA-stub