Lynda Haverstock

Lynda Haverstock

Infobox Prime Minister


name = Lynda Haverstock
honorific-suffix =
caption =
office1 = 19th Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan
term_start1 = 2000
term_end1 = 2006
predecessor1 = Jack Wiebe
successor1 = Gordon Barnhart
office2 = Leader of the Opposition
term_start2 = 1995
term_end2 = 1995
predecessor2 = Bill Boyd
successor2 = Ron Osika
party =
birth_date =birth date and age | 1948|09|16
birth_place =
death_date =
death_place =
party = Liberal
spouse =
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Lynda Maureen Haverstock, CM, SOM (born September 16, 1948) is the former leader of the Saskatchewan Liberal Party and was the Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan from 2000 until 2006.

Born and raised in Swift Current, Haverstock dropped out of high school after grade 10 and became a teenage mother. As an adult, she went back to school to finish her education, and ultimately earned bachelor and master's degrees in education from the University of Saskatchewan and a Ph.D in psychology. Haverstock became leader of the provincial Liberals in 1989, and was the first woman to lead a political party in the province.

Under Haverstock, the party grew significantly: in the 1995 provincial election, the party increased its caucus in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan from one (Haverstock's own seat) to 11 and became the Official Opposition. The Liberals won over one-third of the popular vote.

Despite a revival of the party under her leadership, and the potential of becoming a contender for power after the Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan collapsed in scandal, Haverstock's leadership was challenged in 1995 by party members who believed she was too moderate, and that the party under her was too close to the federal Liberal Party of Canada. After a caucus revolt, she was forced out of the leadership in favour of Jim Melenchuk.

After being removed as leader, Haverstock quit the party and remained in the legislature as an independent MLA until 1999, when she retired from politics.

The Liberal Party continued to be divided by internal fighting and several members of the Legislative Assembly left in 1997 to join the Saskatchewan Party. The 1999 provincial election reduced the Liberals to three seats in the legislature.

After leaving politics, Haverstock worked briefly as a radio host before being appointed lieutenant governor in 2000. As the Queen's representative in Saskatchewan, Haverstock was instrumental in organising the province's centennial celebrations (2005). In late 2004, her time in office was extended by one year, a tribute to her energy and grace with people. Haverstock granted patronage to many community-based organisations throughout Saskatchewan, including the Monarchist League of Canada's [http://www.monarchist-nsb.ca North] and [http://www.southsaskmonarchist.ca South] Saskatchewan Branches.

On April 28th, 2006, her successor was announced. Dr. Gordon Barnhart was sworn in as 20th lieutenant governor on August 1, 2006, at the Saskatchewan Legislative Building.

On November 14th, 2007, Shaw Communications announced the appointment of Haverstock to the board of directors of the corporation.

ee also

*Monarchy in Saskatchewan
*Government House (Saskatchewan)

External links

* [http://www.monarchist-nsb.ca/download/NSB-release-20-07-06.pdf Public Tribute to Lieutenant Governor, 2006]
* [http://www.gov.sk.ca/govinfo/news/premier_speech.html?0177 Premier's Farewell Speech to Lieutenant Governor, 2006]
* [http://www.caslt.org/Info/haverstock.htm Canadian Association of Second Language Teachers - Lynda Haverstock]


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