Judy Junor (born July 27, 1948) is a

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provincial

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. Judy was a

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(NDP) member of the

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for the constituency of

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. Born in

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, she grew up in

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and received a diploma from St. Paul's School of Nursing in 1969. She worked as a nurse in Saskatoon and served as president of the Saskatchewan Union of Nurses and as vice-president of the

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. She was first elected to the legislature in a 1998

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following the resignation of Bob Pringle. Junor served in the provincial cabinet as associate minister of Health, as Provincial Secretary and as Minister of Learning. She lost in the 2011 election to

Corey Tochor Corey James Tochor (born 1976 or 1977) is a Canadian politician who has served as the member of Parliament (MP) for Saskatoon—University since the 2019 federal election. Tochor was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan in the ...

of the Saskatchewan Party.

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Judy Junor
1948 births Living people People from North Battleford Politicians from Saskatoon Saskatchewan New Democratic Party MLAs Women MLAs in Saskatchewan 20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan 21st-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan 20th-century Canadian women politicians 21st-century Canadian women politicians {{NDP-Saskatchewan-MLA-stub