Randall Neil Nelson (June 6, 1926 – July 30, 2023) was a Canadian educator and politician in

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. He represented

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from 1975 to 1982 in the

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as a

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(NDP) member. Nelson was born in

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, the son of Louis Nelson, and studied at the

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, where he received a

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degree. Nelson taught school at Naisberry, Spalding,

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and

. In 1948, he married Isobelle Louise Long. He was defeated by Lorne Aubrey McLaren when he ran for reelection to the Saskatchewan assembly in 1982. As of 2011, Nelson was living in

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. Nelson died on July 30, 2023, at the age of 97.

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1926 births 2023 deaths Saskatchewan New Democratic Party MLAs 20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan {{NDP-Saskatchewan-MLA-stub