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- Richard_Swenson abstract "Richard James \"Rick\" Swenson (born April 12, 1952) is a provincial level politician from Saskatchewan, Canada. He was a member of the Saskatchewan Legislature from 1985 to 1995, and is still active in provincial politics as the leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan since 2006.He was born in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, the son of Donald Swenson, and grew up in the Baildon district. Swenson was educated at the University of Saskatchewan and the University of Regina. In 1976, he established Wheaton Bee Farms, specializing in alfalfa seed and dryland grass production. Solomon also helped form the Baildon/Moose Jaw Effluent Irrigation Project.Swenson was elected to the Legislature in a by-election held in the Thunder Creek electoral district on March 27, 1985. The by-election had been held to replace former MLA Colin Thatcher who was convicted of murdering his wife. Swenson first defeated Thatcher's former executive assistant Lyle Stewart to secure the Progressive Conservative nomination before successfully holding the constituency for the then-governing PC's in the by-election, a hotly contested three way race involving three other candidates which Swenson won with a plurality of 900 votes.The Progressive Conservatives were returned to power with Swenson being re-elected just a little over a year later in the 1986 general election. He won that election by a much wider margin facing two of the three candidates that ran in the by-election. Swenson later served in the provincial cabinet as Minister of Energy and Mines and as Minister of Indian and Métis Affairs. Although the PC's were swept from power in the 1991 general election, Swenson managed to win a third term in his own seat with a reduced plurality. After Devine resigned from the legislature, Swenson served as interim leader of the Progressive Conservatives from October 8, 1992 to November 24, 1994. Swenson did not seek a fourth term in the 1995 election, in which his former seat would be won by Gerard Aldridge of the Liberal Party.In 1997, Swenson along with most members of the PC Party and with a number of disaffected Liberals joined the newly formed Saskatchewan Party while the scandal-ridden PC's essentially went dormant under the nominal leadership of Iris Dennis. After it had become clear that Aldridge would remain with the Liberals, Swenson sought the Saskatchewan Party nomination in Thunder Creek for the 1999 election. This time, Swenson was defeated for the nomination by Stewart.Swenson spent few years out of provincial politics before returning in 2006 when he replaced Dennis as leader of the Progressive Conservative Party. Swenson subsequently announced plans to re-activate his old party. However, Swenson was only able to attract four other candidates besides himself to run in the 2007 general election. Swenson ran as the Progressive Conservative candidate in the Thunder Creek constituency, placing a distant fourth out of five candidates. In the 2011 general election, the PC's again ran five candidates in total, with Swenson running this time in nearby Moose Jaw North, earning a similar number of votes compared to his 2007 result and placing a distant third out of four candidates.".
- Richard_Swenson alias "Richard Swenson".
- Richard_Swenson birthDate "1952-04-12".
- Richard_Swenson birthPlace Moose_Jaw.
- Richard_Swenson birthPlace Saskatchewan.
- Richard_Swenson birthYear "1952".
- Richard_Swenson office "Leader of the Opposition".
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- Richard_Swenson successor Bill_Boyd_(Canadian_politician).
- Richard_Swenson successor Gerard_Aldridge.
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- Richard_Swenson wikiPageWikiLinkText "Richard James Swenson".
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- Richard_Swenson birthDate "1952-04-12".
- Richard_Swenson birthPlace Moose_Jaw.
- Richard_Swenson birthPlace Saskatchewan.
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- Richard_Swenson placeOfBirth Moose_Jaw.
- Richard_Swenson placeOfBirth Saskatchewan.
- Richard_Swenson predecessor Colin_Thatcher.
- Richard_Swenson predecessor Grant_Devine.
- Richard_Swenson predecessor Iris_Dennis.
- Richard_Swenson shortDescription "Current leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan, Member of the 21st and 22nd Legislative Assemblies of Saskatchewan.".
- Richard_Swenson successor Bill_Boyd_(Canadian_politician).
- Richard_Swenson successor Gerard_Aldridge.
- Richard_Swenson termEnd "1994".
- Richard_Swenson termEnd "1995".
- Richard_Swenson termStart "1985".
- Richard_Swenson termStart "1993".
- Richard_Swenson termStart "2006".
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- Richard_Swenson description "Current leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan, Member of the 21st and 22nd Legislative Assemblies of Saskatchewan.".
- Richard_Swenson description "Current leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan, Member of the 21st and 22nd Legislative Assemblies of Saskatchewan.".