Sidney Merlin Spidell (December 19, 1900 – February 1997) was an educator 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

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from 1944 to 1946 in the

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as a

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(CCF) member. He was born in Parkdale, Nova Scotia, the son of Sidney Freeman Spidell and Lucinda Ann Saunders, and was educated in Parkdale, in Mortlach, Saskatchewan and at the

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. Spidell married Mildred Hazel Johnson in 1937. He was a public school and high school principal. He lived in

Central Butte, Saskatchewan Central Butte is a town in Saskatchewan, Canada, approximately from Saskatoon, Regina, Saskatchewan, Regina and Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Swift Current and from Moose Jaw. Thunder Creek (Saskatchewan), Thunder Creek, a major tributary of t ...

. Spidell resigned his seat in the provincial legislature in December 1945 and moved to eastern Canada. He died in February 1997 at the age of 96 in

Fort Qu'Appelle, Saskatchewan Fort Qu'Appelle () is a town in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Saskatchewan located in the Qu'Appelle River valley north-east of Regina, Saskatchewan, Regina, between Echo Lake (Saskatchewan), Echo and Mission L ...

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Saskatchewan Co-operative Commonwealth Federation MLAs 1900 births 1997 deaths People from Central Butte 20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan {{CCF-Saskatchewan-MLA-stub