Arthur Thibault
{{Short description|Canadian politician}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Arthur Thibault
| image =
| caption =
|birth_name=Arthur Joseph Thibault
| birth_date =February 21, 1914
| birth_place =Bonne Madone, Saskatchewan
| death_date= {{death date and age|df=y|1983|2|22|1914|2|21}}
| death_place=
| residence =
| term=1959–1971 and 1975–1978
| predecessor= Henry Begrand
| successor= Don Cody
| office2 = MLA for Melfort-Kinistino
| term2=1971–1975
| predecessor2= Clarence George Willis (as MLA for Melfort-Tisdale)
| successor2= Norman Vickar (as MLA for Melfort)
| party = Saskatchewan New Democratic Party
| religion =
| profession = Farmer
| occupation=
| spouse =
| children =
}}
Arthur Joseph Thibault (February 21, 1914 – February 22, 1983) was a farmer and political figure in Saskatchewan. He represented Kinistino from 1959 to 1971 Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) member and from 1975 to 1978 as a New Democratic Party (NDP) member and Melfort-Kinistino from 1971 to 1975 as an NDP member in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan.
He was born in Bonne Madone, Saskatchewan, the son of Eugene Thibault and Emma McGary, and went on to farm in the Tarnopol district. He served as reeve of Invergordon, as a member of the local school board and as a member of the Saskatchewan Farmers' Union. In 1941, he married Doris Lepine. Thibault was first elected to the Saskatchewan assembly in a 1959 by-election held following the death of Henry Begrand.{{cite web |url=http://musee.societehisto.com/henri-begrand-n372-t213.html |title=Henri Begrand |publisher=Musée Virtuel Francophone de la Saskatchewan |accessdate=2012-06-23 |language=fr |archive-date=2014-05-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140519114149/http://musee.societehisto.com/henri-begrand-n372-t213.html |url-status=dead }} From 1978 to 1981, he worked at the St. Louis Alcoholism Rehabilitation Centre in Prince Albert.{{cite web |url=http://sain.scaa.sk.ca/collections/index.php/arthur-j-thibault-fonds;rad |title=Arthur J. Thibault fonds |publisher=Saskatchewan Archival Information Network |accessdate=2012-07-02 |archive-date=2014-01-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140103221248/http://sain.scaa.sk.ca/collections/index.php/arthur-j-thibault-fonds;rad |url-status=dead }}
Electoral history
{{Election box begin | title=June 3, 1959 By-Election:
Kinistino electoral district}}
|-
{{Canadian party colour|SK|CCF|row}}
|style="width: 130px"|CCF
|Arthur Thibault
|align="right"|2,990
|align="right"|47.89%
|align="right"|+2.31
{{CANelec|SK|Liberal|Albert M. Connor|1,656|26.53%|+0.73}}
{{Canadian party colour|SK|PC|row}}
|Harvey Gjesdal
|align="right"|1,597
|align="right"|25.58%
|align="right"|-
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|6,243
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
{{election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=1960 Saskatchewan general election:
Kinistino electoral district}}
|-
{{Canadian party colour|SK|CCF|row}}
|style="width: 130px"|CCF
|Arthur Thibault
|align="right"|2,731
|align="right"|42.17%
|align="right"|-5.72
{{CANelec|SK|Liberal|Albert M. Connor|2,179|33.64%|+7.11}}
{{Canadian party colour|SK|PC|row}}
|Harvey Gjesdal
|align="right"|994
|align="right"|15.34%
|align="right"|-10.24
{{CANelec|SK|Social Credit|Harry P. Njaa|573|8.85%|-}}
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|6,477
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
{{election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=1964 Saskatchewan general election:
Kinistino electoral district}}
|-
{{Canadian party colour|SK|CCF|row}}
|style="width: 130px"|CCF
|Arthur Thibault
|align="right"|3,334
|align="right"|51.62%
|align="right"|+9.45
{{CANelec|SK|Liberal|Michael A. Hnidy|3,125|48.38%|+14.74}}
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|6,459
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
{{election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=1967 Saskatchewan general election:
Kinistino electoral district}}
|-
{{Canadian party colour|SK|NDP|row}}
|style="width: 130px"|NDP
|Arthur Thibault
|align="right"|3,260
|align="right"|54.48%
|align="right"|+2.86
{{CANelec|SK|Liberal|Lyle Rea|2,724|45.52%|-2.86}}
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|5,984
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
{{election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=1971 Saskatchewan general election:
Melfort-Kinistino electoral district}}
|-
{{Canadian party colour|SK|NDP|row}}
| style="width: 130px"|NDP
|Arthur Thibault
|align="right"|6,103
|align="right"|59.40
|align="right"|–
{{CANelec|SK|Liberal|Herbert Whitley|4,171|40.60|–}}
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|10,274
!align="right"|100.00
!align="right"|
{{election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=1975 Saskatchewan general election:
Kinistino electoral district}}
|-
{{Canadian party colour|SK|NDP|row}}
|style="width: 130px"|NDP
|Arthur Thibault
|align="right"|3,215
|align="right"|44.21%
|align="right"|-
{{CANelec|SK|Liberal|Ed Olchowy|2,400|33.00%|-}}
{{Canadian party colour|SK|PC|row}}
|Tom Smith
|align="right"|1,657
|align="right"|22.79%
|align="right"|-
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|7,272
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
{{election box end}}
References
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Category:Saskatchewan Co-operative Commonwealth Federation MLAs
Category:20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan
Category:Saskatchewan New Democratic Party MLAs
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