Donald Gilbert "Don" MacLennan (August 24, 1936 – December 28, 1990) was a civil servant and political figure in

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. He represented Last Mountain from 1964 to 1971 in the

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as a Liberal. He was born in

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and was educated in Lebret, at

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and at the

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. In 1968, MacLennan married Crystal Walker. He ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the provincial assembly in 1960 before being elected in 1964. MacLennan served in the provincial cabinet as Minister of Labour. He had also served as legislative secretary to the Premier. He was defeated by

Gordon MacMurchy Gordon Samuel MacMurchy (1926-2005) was a Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Last Mountain from 1971 to 1975, and Last Mountain-Touchwood from 1975 to 1982, in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan. He was a member ...

when he ran for reelection to the Saskatchewan assembly in 1971. After leaving politics, MacLennan was employed with the Unemployment Insurance Commission in Ottawa from 1972 until his death due to cancer at the age of 54.

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1936 births 1990 deaths Deaths from cancer in Ontario Politicians from Regina, Saskatchewan Saskatchewan Liberal Party MLAs 20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan {{Liberal-Saskatchewan-MLA-stub