Allan Ray Guy
{{Short description|Canadian politician (born 1926)}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
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| name=Allan R. Guy
|honorific-prefix=The Honourable
|honorific-suffix=ECS
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| birth_date= {{birth date and age|1926|5|18}}
| birth_place= Senlac, Saskatchewan, Canada
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| assembly = Saskatchewan Legislative
| constituency_AM = Athabasca
| term_start=1960
| term_end=1975
| predecessor=John James Harrop
| successor=Frederick John Thompson
| profession=educator
| party=Saskatchewan Liberal Party
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| alma_mater=University of Saskatchewan
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Allan Ray Guy (born May 18, 1926) is a Canadian former educator and political figure in Saskatchewan. He represented Athabasca from 1960 to 1975{{Cite book|last=Center|first=University of Regina Canadian Plains Research|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y746xOWGfcUC&dq=Allan+Ray+Guy%2C+athabasca&pg=PA95|title=Saskatchewan Politicians: Lives Past and Present|date=2004|publisher=University of Regina Press|isbn=978-0-88977-165-9|language=en}} in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan as a Liberal. After leaving politics in 1975, Guy became principal at Prud'Homme Central School.{{cite news|last=Wilson|first=Barry|date=June 11, 1975|title=Guy ready for return to education|page=8|newspaper=Star-Phoenix|location=Saskatoon|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=2DdgAAAAIBAJ&sjid=JXANAAAAIBAJ&pg=1124,2581794|accessdate=2012-07-10}}
Personal life
Guy was born on May 18, 1926 and educated{{cite book|last=Quiring|first=Brett|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y746xOWGfcUC&pg=PA95|title=Saskatchewan Politicians: Lives Past and Present|publisher=Canadian Plains Research Center Press|year=2004|isbn=0889771650|pages=95–6|accessdate=2012-07-10}} in Senlac, Saskatchewan, the son of John Guy. He worked on the family farm. Guy continued his studies at the Saskatoon Teacher's College and the University of Saskatchewan. He taught school for several years and then was school principal in La Ronge. Guy was married twice: first to Sylvia Evangeline Harach in 1951 and then to Marjorie Hastings in 1967.
Political career
Guy served in the provincial cabinet as Minister of Public Works, as Minister of Municipal Affairs and as Minister of Indian and Métis Affairs.{{cite encyclopedia |url=http://esask.uregina.ca/entry/guy_allan_ray_1926-.html |title=Guy, Allan Ray (1926–) |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan |last=Lexier |first=Roberta |accessdate=2012-07-10}} His election in 1971 was overturned after a judicial recount{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=5fBUAAAAIBAJ&sjid=szwNAAAAIBAJ&pg=1741,6227868 |title=Under the Dome |newspaper=Leader-Post |location=Regina |page=28 |date=September 29, 1972 |last=Harrison |first=Fred |accessdate=2012-07-10}} but he won the by-election that followed in 1972. Guy was an unsuccessful candidate for the Rosthern seat in the provincial assembly in 1975, losing to Ralph Katzman.{{cite web|url=http://www.saskarchives.com/sites/default/files/documents/Elections-Results-by-Electoral-Division.pdf |title=Saskatchewan Election Results By Electoral Division |publisher=Saskatchewan Archives Board |accessdate=2012-03-27 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131112235500/http://www.saskarchives.com/sites/default/files/documents/Elections-Results-by-Electoral-Division.pdf |archivedate=November 12, 2013 }}
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Category:Saskatchewan Liberal Party MLAs
Category:20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan
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