Roy Edgar Nelson was a Canadian

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 provincial politician

Politician

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. He was the Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan

Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan

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 for the constituency of Assiniboia-Gravelbourg

Assiniboia-Gravelbourg

Assiniboia-Gravelbourg was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan, Canada. This constituency was created from the ridings of Gravelbourg and Assiniboia-Bengough before the 1975 Saskatchewan general election...

, from 1975 until 1978. He was the first MLA for the Assiniboia-Gravelbourg district, representing the riding for a single term before losing to Allen Willard Engel of the NDP in the 1978 general election

Saskatchewan general election, 1978

The Saskatchewan general election of 1978 was the nineteenth provincial election in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It was held on October 18, 1978, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan....

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Before entering politics, Roy Nelson served in the Royal Canadian Navy

Royal Canadian Navy

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 in the Second World War. After the war he was in business, then farmed

Farmer

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 and ranch

Ranch

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ed in the Glentworth

Glentworth, Saskatchewan

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 area in southern Saskatchewan. He was active within the community, serving as president of the curling rink

Curling

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 and leading the rink building committee, president of the Wood River

Wood River No. 74, Saskatchewan

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 Legion bantam baseball league, director and vice-president of the community hall and as local branch president and zone commander for the Royal Canadian Legion

Royal Canadian Legion

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. He also coached bantam baseball and minor hockey

Ice hockey

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, as well as organized hockey and baseball schools.

After his term as MLA, he served as chairman of the Grasslands National Park Advisory Committee and as national president of the Canadian Piedmontese Cattle Association. He also served on the boards of the local credit union, United Church

United Church of Canada

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, union hospital, village council and school as well as volunteering for the local fire department

Volunteer fire department

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 and ambulance

Ambulance

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In 1996 he received the Saskatchewan Volunteer Medal

Saskatchewan Volunteer Medal

The Saskatchewan Volunteer Medal is a civil decoration for volunteers in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan, introduced in 1995 by the Government of Saskatchewan. Prior to the establishment of the medal volunteerism could be recognized by the Saskatchewan Order of Merit, but this is only one...

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