Douglas Francis "Doug" McArthur (born June 21, 1943) is an educator and former political figure in

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, Canada. He represented

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from 1978 to 1982 in the

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as a

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(NDP) member. He was born in

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, the son of Neil McArthur, and was educated at the

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, the

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and

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. In 1967, McArthur married Wenda Jean Berglind. He served in the Saskatchewan cabinet as Minister of Education, as Minister of Continuing Education and as Minister of Culture and Youth. McArthur was defeated by

Tim Embury Timothy Burke Embury (born January 20, 1947) is a former bank employee and political figure in Saskatchewan, Canada. He represented Regina Lakeview from 1982 to 1986 as a Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan, Progressive Conservative. ...

when he ran for reelection to the provincial assembly in 1982. After leaving politics, he served in the

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public service as Deputy Minister to the Premier and Cabinet Secretary and as Deputy Minister of Aboriginal Affairs in British Columbia, in the

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public service as Chief Land Claims Negotiator and in the Saskatchewan public service as Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Deputy Minister of Northern Saskatchewan. McArthur was a Senior Fellow in Public Policy at the

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. As of 2012, he was a professor in the school of Public Policy at

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and chair of the board of directors for the British Columbia chapter of

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