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elected to Saskatchewan Legislature at the general election of 1921. Upon the retirement of the Hon. W. M. Martin from the Premiership and the appointment of the Hon. Chas. Dunning to that position; on April 5th, 1922, Dr. Uhrich became a member of the Government with the portfolio of Provincial Secretary and Minister in Charge of the Bureau of Public Health. He was elected by acclamation in the following byelection in the Rosthern Constituency, on June 5th. In religion Dr. Uhrich is a Roman Catholic. Residence, Regina, Sask.

 

GARDINER: The Honourable James Garfield, B.A., Minister of Highways and Minister in Charge of Labour and Industries, Saskatchewan Provincial Government. Born Farquhar, Ont., Nov. 30th, 1883, son of James C. and Elizabeth Gardiner, of Kirkton, Ont. Married Violet McEwen, of Craik, Sask., Dec. 25, 1917, and has one son and one daughter. Educated at the University of Manitoba. Mr. Gardiner moved with his parents in early life to Lincoln, Nebraska (1891) where he attended school and gained knowledge of the central prairie west. Lived one year in the lumbering town of, Alpena, Michigan. Returned to Ontario in 1896, where his parents again took up farming. Migrated to the West in the harvest excursion (1901). Worked on the farm in the summer and attended the secondary school at Clearwater, Manitoba, for three years, at the end of which time he came to Saskatchewan (1904), holding second-class teacher's certificate. Attended Normal School in Regina in the spring of 1905. Entered Manitoba College, Winnipeg. Matriculated in autumn of 1906. Graduated, after specializing in history and political economy, from Manitoba University, 1911. Became principal, Lemberg Public School, May 1st, 1911, where he taught grade VIII, third and second-class work, until elected to the Legislature, June 25th, 1914, to represent the constituency of North Qu'Appelle. Re-elected to the Legislature

 

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Pioneers and Prominent People of Saskatchewan