Benjamin Franklin McGregor
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Benjamin Franklin McGregor (January 1, 1885 – 1935) was a farmer 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
Gravelbourg Gravelbourg () is a small multicultural town in south-central Saskatchewan, Canada. It is located just west of the Wood River at the junction of provincial Highway 43 and Highway 58, approximately 125 kilometres from Moose Jaw, Swift Curre ...
from 1925 to 1935 in the
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as a
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. He was born in
Milton, Ontario Milton (Canada 2021 Census, 2021 census population 132,979) is a town in Southern Ontario, Canada, and part of the Regional Municipality of Halton, Halton Region in the Greater Toronto Area. Between 2001 and 2011, Milton was the fastest growing m ...
, the son of Charles McGregor and Sarah Johnston. He served as reeve of the rural municipality of Whiska Creek and chairman of the local school board. McGregor lived in
Vanguard, Saskatchewan Vanguard ( 2016 population: ) is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Whiska Creek No. 106 and Census Division No. 3. It is on Highway 43 close to Notekeu Creek. Its prime economic driver is ag ...
. He died in office in 1935.


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Saskatchewan Liberal Party MLAs 1885 births 1935 deaths People from Milton, Ontario 20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan {{Liberal-Saskatchewan-MLA-stub