Efstathios William (Staff) Barootes (November 15, 1918 – July 30, 2000) was a Canadian physician, urologist, and parliamentarian. Born in

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, of

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immigrants, he moved with his family to

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Saskatoon () is the largest city in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It straddles a bend in the South Saskatchewan River in the central region of the province. It is located along the Trans-Canada Hig ...

. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1940 and a medical degree in 1943 from the

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. He then served with the

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during World War II. After the war, he did postgraduate work in

urology Urology (from Ancient Greek, Greek wikt:οὖρον, οὖρον ''ouron'' "urine" and ''wiktionary:-logia, -logia'' "study of"), also known as genitourinary surgery, is the branch of medicine that focuses on surgical and medical diseases of t ...

. He then moved to

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, where he practiced until he retired in 1979. After retiring, he focused on politics. He was the chief fund raiser for the

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and helped form the government in Saskatchewan in 1982. In 1984, he was one of the first three appointments made Prime Minister

Brian Mulroney Martin Brian Mulroney (March 20, 1939 – February 29, 2024) was a Canadian lawyer, businessman, and politician who served as the 18th prime minister of Canada from 1984 to 1993. Born in the eastern Quebec city of Baie-Comeau, Mulroney studi ...

to the

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. He represented the

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of Regina-Qu'Appelle, Saskatchewan and resigned shortly before his 75th birthday in 1993. He served as treasurer and deputy president of the

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. He was a director of IPSCO, the Canadian steel company, from 1982 to 1989.

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* 1918 births 2000 deaths Canadian military doctors University of Toronto alumni Canadian senators from Saskatchewan Canadian people of Greek descent Politicians from Winnipeg Progressive Conservative Party of Canada senators Canadian urologists 20th-century members of the Senate of Canada {{Saskatchewan-politician-stub

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