Paul Prince (February 23, 1897 – December 17, 1949) was a merchant and political figure in

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. He represented

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from 1940 to 1944 and from 1948 to 1949 in the

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as a

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. He was born in

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, the son of Benjamin Prince and Ernestine Brassard, and was educated there and at St. Boniface College in Manitoba. He served in the air force during

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. In 1928, he married Leona Hennessy. Prince served as mayor of Battleford and as chairman of the local

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board. He was first elected to the provincial assembly in a 1940 by-election held after John Gregory ran for election to the Canadian House of Commons. Prince was defeated when he ran for reelection to the assembly in 1944. He was elected again in 1948 but died in office the following year.

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Saskatchewan Liberal Party MLAs 1897 births 1949 deaths Fransaskois people 20th-century mayors of places in Saskatchewan 20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan {{Liberal-Saskatchewan-MLA-stub