Ralph Byron Horner (June 26, 1884 – December 14, 1964) was a Canadian Senator, farmer, businessman and the patriarch of a Western Canadian political family. Born in North Clarendon,

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, Horner and his family settled in

Blaine Lake, Saskatchewan Blaine Lake is a town in central Saskatchewan, Canada. It is located 85 km north of Saskatoon, 104 km southwest of Prince Albert and 104 km east of North Battleford at the junction of Highway 12 and Highway 40. Nearby are the ...

. A

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activist and twice failed provincial candidate, Horner was appointed to the board of the

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by the government of

R.B. Bennett Richard Bedford Bennett, 1st Viscount Bennett, (July 3, 1870 – June 26, 1947), was a Canadian lawyer, businessman, philanthropist, and politician who served as the 11th prime minister of Canada from 1930 to 1935. Bennett was born in ...

in 1931. In 1933, Bennett appointed Horner to the Senate where he served for over 30 years until his death in 1964 as the Senator for Saskatchewan North. In the 1958 general election two of his sons,

Jack Horner Jack Horner may refer to: *''Little Jack Horner'', a nursery rhyme People * Jack Horner (baseball) (1863–1910), American professional baseball player *Jack Horner (journalist) (1912–2005), Gordon John Horner, Minnesota sportscaster * Jack B. H ...

and

Hugh Horner Hugh Macarthur Horner (February 1, 1925 – March 27, 1997) was a physician and surgeon. He served as a Canadian federal and provincial politician. Horner was born in Blaine Lake, Saskatchewan. He was a Minister of the Crown in the province of ...

and his nephew

Albert Horner Albert Ralph Horner (April 26, 1913 – January 2, 2009) was a Canadian politician, retired grain producer and livestock breeder in Saskatchewan. He was born in Shawville, Quebec. He served as a four-term Progressive Conservative MP under John ...

were all elected to the House of Commons of Canada as Progressive Conservatives. Four Horners thus sat in Parliament simultaneously (though in different chambers) until Ralph Horner's death in 1964. (In

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a third son,

Norval Horner Norval Alexander Horner (August 21, 1930 – April 3, 2014) was a Canadian politician and former member of the House of Commons of Canada. Horner earned teaching and engineering degrees from the University of Saskatchewan and worked as a busine ...

, was elected).Tom Hawthorn, "JACK HORNER, RANCHER AND POLITICIAN: 1927-2004; ‘Cactus Jack' arrived in Ottawa as a Tory cowpuncher prepared to duke it out with his opponents. In the end, he shot down his own career by going over to his arch-enemies, the Liberals", ''Globe and Mail'', November 22, 2004

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Horner, Ralph 1884 births 1964 deaths Progressive Conservative Party of Canada senators Conservative Party of Canada (1867–1942) senators Canadian senators from Saskatchewan People from Blaine Lake, Saskatchewan

Ralph Ralph (pronounced ; or ,) is a male given name of English, Scottish and Irish origin, derived from the Old English ''Rædwulf'' and Radulf, cognate with the Old Norse ''Raðulfr'' (''rað'' "counsel" and ''ulfr'' "wolf"). The most common forms ...

Anglophone Quebec people