Bob Mitchell (Saskatchewan politician)

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Robert Wayne Mitchell
MLA for Saskatoon Fairview
In office
1986–1999
Personal details
Born(1936-03-29)March 29, 1936
Preeceville, Saskatchewan, Canada
DiedNovember 18, 2016(2016-11-18) (aged 80)
Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
Political partySaskatchewan New Democratic Party
SpouseSandra Stolson (1968-2016; his death)
Children6 daughters
Professionlawyer

Robert Wayne "Bob" Mitchell

QC (November 29, 1936 – November 18, 2016) was a lawyer and former political figure in Saskatchewan, Canada. He represented Saskatoon Fairview from 1986 to 1999 in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan as a New Democratic Party
(NDP) member.

He was born in

Saskatoon. From 1981 to 1982, he was chief negotiator for the Canadian government for Inuit land claims in the central and eastern Arctic.[2]

Mitchell ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the provincial assembly in 1982 before being elected in 1986. He served in the provincial cabinet as Minister of Human Resources, Labour and Employment, as Provincial Secretary, as Minister of Justice and Attorney General, as Minister of Labour and as Minister of Post-Secondary Education and Skills Training.[2] Mitchell resigned from the Saskatchewan cabinet in 1998 and from the assembly in 1999.[3]

After leaving provincial politics, he became chief negotiator for the

Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations. In 2004, he was named Chair of the Saskatchewan Public Complaints Commission, which is responsible for investigating complaints against municipal police.[3] He retired from the Commission on October 1, 2014, and was replaced as Chair by Brent Cotter.[4] In 2017, he was posthumously made a member of the Saskatchewan Order of Merit.[5]

Mitchell died in 2016, at the age of 80.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b c Flanagan, Kathryn M; Miller, Katherine J (Spring 1991). Canadian Parliamentary Guide.
  2. ^ a b c "Robert W. Mitchell fonds". Archives Canada. Archived from the original on 2013-04-19. Retrieved 2012-09-09.
  3. ^ a b "Robert W. Mitchell fonds". Saskatchewan Archival Information Network. Archived from the original on 2014-12-17. Retrieved 2012-09-09.
  4. ^ "Changes at the Public Complaints Commission | News and Media".
  5. ^ "Saskatchewan Order of Merit".
  6. ^ MacPherson, Alex (2016-11-19). "'A very fair-minded partisan politician': Romanow remembers former NDP cabinet minister Bob Mitchell". The StarPhoenix. Retrieved 2016-11-19.