Tom Johnston was an English

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

-born farmer and political figure in Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan

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, Canada. He represented Touchwood

Touchwood (electoral district)

Touchwood is a former provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of the province of Saskatchewan, Canada. Located south of the Wynyard district in east-central Saskatchewan, it was centered on the Touchwood Hills....

 in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan

Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan

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 from 1938 to 1956 as a member of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation

Saskatchewan New Democratic Party

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.

He was born in Birmingham

Birmingham

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 and came to Manitoba

Manitoba

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 in 1901, moving to Saskatchewan two years later. Johnston operated a farm near Cymric

Cymric, Saskatchewan

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. He ran unsuccessfully for a seat

Lumsden (provincial electoral district)

Lumsden was a provincial electoral division for the Legislative Assembly of the province of Saskatchewan, Canada. The district was one of 25 created before the 1st Saskatchewan general election in 1905. It was the riding of Premier Thomas Walter Scott....

 in the provincial assembly in 1934 as a member of the Farmer-Labour Group (the CCF's predecessor) and was defeated in the federal riding of Prince Albert

Prince Albert (electoral district)

Prince Albert is a federal electoral district in Saskatchewan, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1908 to 1988, and since 1997.-Geography:...

 in 1935. Johnston served as Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan

Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan

The Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan is the presiding officer of the Saskatchewan legislature.-Speakers of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan:*Thomas MacNutt 1906-1908*William Charles Sutherland 1908-1912...

 from 1944 to 1956. He died in Regina

Regina, Saskatchewan

Regina is the capital city of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. The city is the second-largest in the province and a cultural and commercial centre for southern Saskatchewan. It is governed by Regina City Council. Regina is the cathedral city of the Roman Catholic and Romanian Orthodox...

at the age of 88.