Don Toth
Don Toth | |
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MLA for Moosomin | |
In office 1986–2016 | |
Preceded by | Larry Birkbeck |
Succeeded by | Steven Bonk |
Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan | |
In office December 10, 2007 – October 10, 2011 | |
Preceded by | Myron Kowalsky |
Succeeded by | Dan D'Autremont |
Personal details | |
Born |
Kipling, Saskatchewan | May 31, 1948
Political party |
Progressive Conservative (1980-1997) Saskatchewan Party (1997-present) |
Residence | Langbank, Saskatchewan |
Occupation | Farmer |
Donald James (Don) Toth (born May 31, 1948) is a Canadian provincial politician and was Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan during the first term of the Saskatchewan Party government of Premier Brad Wall, from 2007 to 2011.[1] Dan D'Autremont defeated him in the election for Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan in the second term of the Wall government (2011-2016). He represented the constituency of Moosomin in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan from 1986 to 2016. Originally elected as a member of the Progressive Conservatives, he was a founding member of the Saskatchewan Party in 1997. On December 10, 2007, he was elected Speaker by acclamation.
He was educated at the University of Saskatchewan and the Full Gospel Bible Institution in Eston (now Eston College).
Toth did not run for reelection in 2016. He was the last parliamentary survivor of the Grant Devine government of the 1980s.
References
- Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan MLA Biography
- Saskatchewan Party MLA Biography
- Don Toth's webpage