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Robert Irvin "Bob" Perkins (June 30, 1898 – October 29, 1992) was a farmer and political figure in
Saskatchewan Saskatchewan is a Provinces and territories of Canada, province in Western Canada. It is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, to the northeast by Nunavut, and to the south by the ...
. He represented
Nipawin Nipawin () is a town in Saskatchewan, Canada, on the Saskatchewan River portion of Tobin Lake. The town lies between Codette Lake, created by the Francois-Finlay Dam (built in 1986) and Tobin Lake, created by the E.B. Campbell Dam built i ...
from 1960 to 1964 in the
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as a
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(CCF) member. He was born in
Owen Sound, Ontario Owen Sound ( 2021 Census population 21,612) is a city in Southwestern Ontario, Canada. The seat of government of Grey County, it is located at the mouths of the Pottawatomi and Sydenham Rivers on an inlet of Georgian Bay. The primary tourist ...
, the son of Francis Albert Perkins and Annie Hewitson, and was educated in
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, in Attica, Saskatchewan and in Lanigan. In 1925, he married Gladys Emma Burge. He was president of the Nipawin Rural Telephone Company and of the Codette Community Co-op Association. Perkins farmed near Codette, Saskatchewan. He was defeated by Frank Radloff when he ran for reelection to the provincial assembly in 1964. In 1975, he retired from farming and moved to Codette. In 1989, Perkins moved to Nipawin. He died at the age of 94 in 1992.


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Saskatchewan Co-operative Commonwealth Federation MLAs 1898 births 1992 deaths 20th-century Canadian farmers People from Owen Sound 20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan Farmers from Saskatchewan {{CCF-Saskatchewan-MLA-stub