Thomas Russell MacNutt (September 28, 1895 – February 21, 1973) was a merchant 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 from 1952 to 1956 in the

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as a Liberal. He was born in Saltcoats, Saskatchewan, the son of

Thomas MacNutt Thomas MacNutt (August 3, 1850 – February 5, 1927) was a Canadian politician who held national as well as province-wide office, as a former member of the House of Commons of Canada and the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan. He won a numbe ...

and Margaret McFayden, and was educated there and at the College of Agriculture in

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. MacNutt served in

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with the Third Battalion, Canadian Machine Gun Corps during

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, was commander of the First Battalion, King's Own Rifles of Canada on the Pacific Coast from 1932 to 1938 and also served in the army during

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. He married Pearl Rusk. MacNutt was secretary-treasurer for the rural municipality of

Saltcoats Saltcoats (; Scots: ''Saulcuts'') is a town on the west coast of North Ayrshire, Scotland. The name is derived from the town's earliest industry when salt was harvested from the sea water of the Firth of Clyde, carried out in small cottages ...

from 1926 to 1947. He served on the town councils for Saltcoats and

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. MacNutt was unsuccessful candidate for the Melfort seat in the Canadian House of Commons in 1949. He was defeated by Leo Nicholson when he ran for reelection to the provincial assembly in 1956.

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Saskatchewan Liberal Party MLAs 1895 births 1973 deaths People from Saltcoats, Saskatchewan Canadian Machine Gun Corps officers Canadian military personnel of World War I Canadian Army personnel of World War II 20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan {{Liberal-Saskatchewan-MLA-stub