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Charles Ernest Tran (January 29, 1878 – March 24, 1934) was a
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physician and politician in the
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. He represented Pelly (Saskatchewan electoral district), Pelly from 1925 to 1929 in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan as a Progressive Party of Saskatchewan, Progressive Party member. He was born in Barrie, Ontario, the son of William Tran and Mary English, and was educated in Barrie and at University of Western Ontario, The Western University of London, Ontario (now the University of Western Ontario). Tran came west, settling in Kamsack,
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. In 1912, he married Louise McGale. Tran served in the Canadian Medical Corps during World War I. He was mayor of Kamsack from 1914 to 1916 and in 1919, 1921, 1923 and 1926. Tran also owned a pharmacy in Kamsack. From 1925 Saskatchewan general election, 1925 to 1929, as leader of the Progressive Party of Saskatchewan, Progressive Party, he shared the position of Leader of the Opposition (Saskatchewan), leader of the opposition in the provincial assembly with James Thomas Milton Anderson, the leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan, Conservative party. Tran retired from politics in 1929 but continued to practise medicine. He died in Kamsack on March 24, 1934, following a stroke, at the age of 56.


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1878 births 1934 deaths Progressive Party of Saskatchewan MLAs Leaders of the opposition of Saskatchewan Saskatchewan political party leaders People from Kamsack, Saskatchewan People from Barrie 20th-century mayors of places in Saskatchewan 20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan {{Saskatchewan-MLA-stub