John Gray Banks (June 30, 1888 – June 24, 1961) was a lawyer 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 Pelly from 1948 to 1952 in the

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as a Liberal. He was born in

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, the son of Richard H. Banks and Emily Gray, and was educated in Durham and at the

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. In 1918, Banks married Edith Verna Allen. He lived in

Kamsack Kamsack, Saskatchewan, Canada, is a town in the Assiniboine River Valley, where the Whitesand River, Saskatchewan, Whitesand River joins the Assiniboine River. It is northeast of Yorkton. Saskatchewan Highway 8, Highway 8 and Saskatchewan Highw ...

. Banks was defeated by Arnold Feusi when he ran for reelection to the provincial assembly in 1952.

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* Saskatchewan Liberal Party MLAs 1888 births 1961 deaths People from Kamsack, Saskatchewan People from Grey County University of Saskatchewan alumni 20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan {{Liberal-Saskatchewan-MLA-stub