Ray Boughen (May 25, 1937 – December 24, 2022) was a Canadian politician who was mayor of

Moose Jaw Moose Jaw is the fourth largest city in Saskatchewan, Canada. Lying on the Moose Jaw River in the south-central part of the province, it is situated on the Trans-Canada Highway, west of Regina. Residents of Moose Jaw are known as Moose Javians ...

Saskatchewan Saskatchewan ( ; ) is a province in western Canada, bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, to the northeast by Nunavut, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North ...

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Member of Parliament A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with Bicameralism, bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house ...

. Prior to politics, Boughen worked in education as a teacher and principal. From 1994 to 2000, he was mayor of Moose Jaw. Boughen was elected to represent the electoral district of Palliser in the

2008 Canadian federal election The 2008 Canadian federal election was held on October 14, 2008, to elect members to the House of Commons of Canada of the 40th Canadian Parliament after the previous parliament had been dissolved by Governor General Michaëlle Jean on Septe ...

. He was a member of the Conservative Party and served in parliament until his retirement at the 2015 election. Boughen died on December 24, 2022, at the age of 85.

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Ray Boughen
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Commission on Financing Kindergarten to Grade 12 Education
1937 births 2022 deaths Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Saskatchewan Members of the United Church of Canada Conservative Party of Canada MPs Mayors of Moose Jaw Western Oregon University alumni 21st-century Canadian politicians {{Saskatchewan-mayor-stub