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Larson, Leonard Melvin 1912-1977
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Leonard Larson was born and raised on a farm near Stornoway, Saskatchewan. He farmed in the Kamsack district until his death in March, 1977. Larson was active as a school trustee and school board chairman, and as a member and officer of the Saskatchewan Wheat Pool, the Saskatchewan Farmer's Union, and the Federated Co-operatives Ltd., and other educational, agricultural and co-operative organizations.
He was a long-time member of both the CCF and NDP parties and served on both the Provincial Council and Provincial Excutive of the Saskatchewan CCF-NDP. He was an unsuccessful candidate for the NDP in the 1962 and 1963 federal elections. He was elected to the Saskatchewan Legislature for the constituency of Pelly in 1964. He was defeated in the 1967 general election. Larson was returned to the Legislature for the constituency for Pelly in the general elections of 1971 and 1975.