- CA QUA01865
- Persona
- 1883-1962
James Garfield Gardiner, born in 1883 at Farquhar, Ont., received his education from Manitoba College, Winnipeg, B.A. He became a farmer at Lemberg, Sask., and Principal of Lemberg Continuation School. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan for the electoral division of North Qu'Appelle, 1941-1934, and for Melville, 1934-1935, during which time he held the offices of Minister of Highways (1922-1926), Premier (1926-1929, 1934-1935), Minister of Railways (1926-1927), Minister of Education (1927-1929), and Provincial Treasurer (1926-1927, 1934-1935). Mr. Gardiner was also Leader of the Opposition in the legislative Assembly from 1929-1934. He was a Member of the House of Commons from 1936 to 1958 serving as Member of the Privy Council (1935), Minister of Agriculture (1935-1957), Minister of War Services (1940-1941), and Member of the Imperial Privy Council (1947).