John Lewis Solomon (born May 23, 1950) is a

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public servant and former politician. From 2001 until 2008, he was chair of

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's Workers' Compensation Board. He was previously a provincial and federal politician.

Biography

Born in

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, Solomon is a former small business operator, and holds degrees in political studies and economics from the

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. He also worked for the

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for three years. He came to Saskatchewan in 1973 and married Janice Lee Bench the following year. Solomon served as Provincial Secretary for the Saskatchewan New Democratic Party, as executive assistant in the Allan Blakeney government and a corporate planner with SaskTel prior to his election in 1979. He was a

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(NDP)

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(MLA) in the

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for three terms for the riding of Regina North West, and was elected to the

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in the 1993 federal election. Solomon served as

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for the NDP in the House of Commons from 1996 to 2000. In an election in which the NDP's caucus fell from 43

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s to 9, Solomon was the only rookie MP elected for the federal NDP. He served as MP for

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and then

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until he was defeated by a narrow margin in the 2000 federal election. Solomon served as fulltime chair of the Saskatchewan Saskatchewan Workers' Compensation Board from 2001 to 2008 and has served as a board director for Tiberius Gold Corp and Conexus Credit Union after earning his professional Chartered Director's designation from the DeGroote School of Business at McMaster University.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Solomon, John 1950 births Living people New Democratic Party MPs Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Saskatchewan Saskatchewan New Democratic Party MLAs People from Dauphin, Manitoba Politicians from Regina, Saskatchewan 20th-century members of the House of Commons of Canada 20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan