Alexander Malcolm Nicholson (November 25, 1900 - October 12, 1991) was a Canadian

Canada

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 clergyman, farmer and politician.

Nicholson served as a United Church of Canada

United Church of Canada

The United Church of Canada is a Protestant Christian denomination in Canada. It is the largest Protestant church and, after the Roman Catholic Church, the second-largest Christian church in Canada...

 minister at Hudson Bay Junction, Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan

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 and had a farm in Sturgis, Saskatchewan

Sturgis, Saskatchewan

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. He became an organizer for the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation

Co-operative Commonwealth Federation

The Co-operative Commonwealth Federation was a Canadian political party founded in 1932 in Calgary, Alberta, by a number of socialist, farm, co-operative and labour groups, and the League for Social Reconstruction...

 in 1935, became the national treasurer of the party in 1942 and from 1944 to 1950 and served as a CCF Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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 from 1940 to 1949 and again from 1953 until his defeat in 1958. He then served as a CCF-NDP member of the Saskatchewan legislature in the 1960s. From 1960 until 1964 he was the province's Minister of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation. He continued as an MLA until his defeat in the 1967 provincial election

Saskatchewan general election, 1967

The Saskatchewan general election of 1967 was the sixteenth provincial election held in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It was held on October 11, 1967, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan....

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