Arthur Joseph Thibault (February 21, 1914 – February 22, 1983) was a farmer and political figure in

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. He represented Kinistino from 1959 to 1971

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(CCF) member and from 1975 to 1978 as a New Democratic Party (NDP) member and Melfort-Kinistino from 1971 to 1975 as an NDP member in the

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. He was born in

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, the son of Eugene Thibault and Emma McGary, and went on to farm in the

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district. He served as reeve of

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, as a member of the local school board and as a member of the

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. In 1941, he married Doris Lepine. Thibault was first elected to the Saskatchewan assembly in a 1959 by-election held following the death of Henry Begrand. From 1978 to 1981, he worked at the St. Louis Alcoholism Rehabilitation Centre in

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Electoral history

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References

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