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- Dick_Collver abstract "Richard Lee \"Dick\" Collver (February 13, 1936 – August 7, 2014) led the Saskatchewan Progressive Conservative (PC) Party from 1973 to 1978.He earned an arts degree in economics from the University of Alberta, and articled as an accountant for Price Waterhouse in Calgary before moving to Saskatchewan in 1965. He was defeated in a run for the Saskatoon mayoralty, but attracted the attention of the then-moribund Saskatchewan PC Party, and gained its leadership in 1973. The party under Collver began its road to revitalization, and won seven seats with over 28% of the vote in the 1975 election, including Collver's seat in Nipawin. It became the official opposition after winning two by-elections and convincing two Liberal Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs), including Colin Thatcher, to defect to the PCs.Though Collver's PCs won 38% of the vote and 17 MLAs in the 1978 election, Collver was disappointed with the result, feeling convinced he was going to win the election. He was facing lawsuits over his business endeavours, and became the target of attacks by the Saskatchewan New Democratic Party during the election. Collver stepped down as PC leader in 1979.He was charged with illegal possession and improper use of a firearm after he discharged a .357 Magnum gun from the window of his Regina apartment on the night of his resignation. He was still involved in a $1 million lawsuit with the Saskatchewan government at the time.He formed the Unionest Party in 1980, which advocated the joining of Saskatchewan and other western Canadian provinces to the United States. The party soon folded, and Collver retired to a ranch he purchased in Wickenburg, Arizona.According to a column in the Montreal Gazette by Allan Fotheringham, Collver claimed that the 1980 federal election proved that the Canadian federation could not work. Fotheringham quoted Collver as saying that he had ruled out independence for western Canada, as advocated by the Western Canada Concept and other small parties at the time, because:\"Unfortunately, world events demand that those of us who believe in individual freedom and liberty must unite in the common cause against ever-increasing Russian domination of the world. Balkanization will only invite weakness and subversive activity designed to thwart freedom-loving peoples.\"Collver briefly returned to Saskatchewan in 1984, to testify against Colin Thatcher in the trial that convicted him of the murder of his ex-wife Joanne Wilson. Collver alleged that Thatcher, in a visit to Collver's ranch in Arizona, approached him for help in the search for a hit-man to kill Wilson.Collver died on August 7, 2014 in Thailand, where he had been living for the previous 12 years.".
- Dick_Collver alias "Dick".
- Dick_Collver birthDate "1936-02-13".
- Dick_Collver birthPlace Ontario.
- Dick_Collver birthPlace Toronto.
- Dick_Collver birthYear "1936".
- Dick_Collver deathDate "2014-08-07".
- Dick_Collver deathYear "2014".
- Dick_Collver office "Leader of the Opposition".
- Dick_Collver office "MLAforNipawin".
- Dick_Collver party Progressive_Conservative_Party_of_Saskatchewan.
- Dick_Collver party Unionest_Party.
- Dick_Collver predecessor Edward_Cyril_Malone.
- Dick_Collver predecessor John_Kristian_Comer.
- Dick_Collver profession Accountant.
- Dick_Collver successor Eric_Berntson.
- Dick_Collver successor Lloyd_Sauder.
- Dick_Collver termPeriod Dick_Collver__1.
- Dick_Collver termPeriod Dick_Collver__2.
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- Dick_Collver wikiPageWikiLinkText "Dick Collver".
- Dick_Collver wikiPageWikiLinkText "Richard Collver".
- Dick_Collver wikiPageWikiLinkText "Richard L. Collver".
- Dick_Collver wikiPageWikiLinkText "Richard Lee Collver".
- Dick_Collver alternativeNames "Dick".
- Dick_Collver birthDate "1936-02-13".
- Dick_Collver birthPlace Ontario.
- Dick_Collver birthPlace Toronto.
- Dick_Collver dateOfBirth "1936-02-13".
- Dick_Collver dateOfDeath "2014-08-07".
- Dick_Collver deathDate "2014-08-07".
- Dick_Collver deathPlace "Thailand".
- Dick_Collver honorificSuffix Member_of_the_Legislative_Assembly.
- Dick_Collver name "Collver, Richard Lee".
- Dick_Collver name "Dick Collver".
- Dick_Collver office List_of_Saskatchewan_Leaders_of_the_Opposition.
- Dick_Collver office "MLA for Nipawin".
- Dick_Collver party Progressive_Conservative_Party_of_Saskatchewan.
- Dick_Collver party Unionest_Party.
- Dick_Collver placeOfBirth "Toronto".
- Dick_Collver placeOfDeath "Thailand".
- Dick_Collver predecessor Edward_Cyril_Malone.
- Dick_Collver predecessor John_Kristian_Comer.
- Dick_Collver profession Accountant.
- Dick_Collver shortDescription "Leader of the first western separatist party to sit in the Saskatchewan Legislature".
- Dick_Collver successor Eric_Berntson.
- Dick_Collver successor Lloyd_Sauder.
- Dick_Collver termEnd "1979".
- Dick_Collver termEnd "1982".
- Dick_Collver termStart "1975".
- Dick_Collver termStart "1978".
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- Dick_Collver description "Leader of the first western separatist party to sit in the Saskatchewan Legislature".
- Dick_Collver description "Leader of the first western separatist party to sit in the Saskatchewan Legislature".
- Dick_Collver subject Category:1936_births.
- Dick_Collver subject Category:2014_deaths.