Eldon Arthur Johnson (October 18, 1919 – December 29, 2001) was a farmer, engineer and political figure in

Saskatchewan Saskatchewan ( ; ) is a province in western Canada, bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, to the northeast by Nunavut, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North ...

. He represented Kerrobert-Kindersley from 1956 to 1964 in the

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as a

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(CCF) member. He was born in

Kindersley, Saskatchewan Kindersley is a town surrounded by the Rural Municipality of Kindersley No. 290 in west-central Saskatchewan, Canada. It is located along Highway 7, a primary highway linking Calgary, Alberta and Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. At a population of 4,59 ...

, the son of R.A. Johnson, and received a

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from the

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. Johnson served as a captain in the

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. In 1950, he married Charlotte Heinricks. Johnson was defeated by

William S. Howes William S. Howes (June 25, 1926 – July 12, 2000 ) was a farmer, municipal secretary and political figure in Saskatchewan. He represented Kerrobert-Kindersley from 1964 to 1971 in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan as a Liberal Lib ...

when he ran for reelection to the Saskatchewan assembly in 1964. During his time in the assembly, he helped develop provincial legislation to protect the province's archaeological heritage. After retirement, Johnson earned an MA in prehistoric

lithic Lithic may refer to: *Relating to stone tools **Lithic analysis, the analysis of stone tools and other chipped stone artifacts **Lithic core, the part of a stone which has had flakes removed from it **Lithic flake, the portion of a rock removed to ...

source studies. He served as president of the provincial archaeological society.

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Saskatchewan Co-operative Commonwealth Federation MLAs 20th-century Canadian politicians 1919 births 2001 deaths {{Saskatchewan-politician-stub