Lorne Henry Hepworth (born December 20, 1947) is a farmer, veterinarian and former political figure in

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, Canada. He represented

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from 1982 to 1991 in the

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as a Progressive Conservative. He was born in

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and studied veterinary medicine at the

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. In 1970, he married Fern Presber. Hepworth operated a farm near Assiniboia and was a veterinarian in

. He served in the provincial cabinet as Minister of Public Participation, as Minister of Agriculture, as Minister of Energy and Mines, as Minister of Advanced Education and Manpower, as Minister of Education and as Minister of Finance. He was defeated by Ronald Wormsbecker when he ran for reelection to the Saskatchewan assembly in 1991. Hepworth was previously the president of CropLife Canada and is a former chair of the board of Genome Canada. He lives in London, Ontario. Hepworth was appointed to the

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in 2020. He was appointed as a Member of the

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in 2023.

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1947 births Living people Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan MLAs Ministers of finance of Saskatchewan Members of the Executive Council of Saskatchewan Members of the Order of Canada Politicians from London, Ontario 20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan {{ProgressiveConservative-Saskatchewan-MLA-stub