Jason Dearborn was a Saskatchewan Party

Saskatchewan Party

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 MLA of the Saskatchewan Legislature

Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan

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Dearborn graduated from the University of Trinity College

University of Trinity College

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 in the University of Toronto

University of Toronto

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 with a BA in 1994. He later returned to the same institution to graduate with an MDiv in 1996.

He was elected in the riding of Kindersley

Kindersley (provincial electoral district)

Kindersley is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan, Canada. Created for the 9th Saskatchewan general election as "Kerrobert-Kindersley", this constituency was renamed for the 18th Saskatchewan general election in 1975....

 in a by-election in 2002 and re-elected in the Saskatchewan General Election of 2003.

Prior to the 2007 general election, Dearborn announced he would not be seeking re-election. Bill Boyd, a founding member of the Saskatchewan Party and the constituency's previous MLA, was nominated by party members and won that election again for MLA in the constituency of Kindersley.

Incidents

He gained notoriety for an incident at a public meeting in February 2005. In jest, Dearborn "nominated" Lorne Calvert

Lorne Calvert

Lorne Albert Calvert, MLA was the 13th Premier of Saskatchewan, from 2001 to 2007. Calvert, was the leader of the Saskatchewan New Democratic Party from 2001 to June 6, 2009, when he was succeeded by Dwain Lingenfelter.In 1975, Calvert married Betty Sluzalo of Perdue, Saskatchewan. After attending...

—at that time the Premier

Premier

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of Saskatchewan—to be shot for implementing a controversial plan for restructuring school divisions. Dearborn apologized for his remarks, and was stripped of his critic responsibilities for a period of time. http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2005/03/09/sask-shot-050308.html Later he was returned to the Saskatchewan Party's shadow cabinet.