Ben Putnam

{{Short description|Canadian politician and farmer}}

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Ben Putnam (January 15, 1886 – 1956{{cite web|url=http://www.saskarchives.com/sites/default/files/documents/Membership-of-Legislatures.pdf |title=Members of the Legislative Assembly, Saskatchewan |publisher=Saskatchewan Archives Board |accessdate=2012-03-31 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131227192150/http://www.saskarchives.com/sites/default/files/documents/Membership-of-Legislatures.pdf |archivedate=2013-12-27 }}) was an American-born farmer and political figure in Saskatchewan. He represented Humboldt from 1944 to 1948 in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan as a Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) member.

He was born in Laurel, Iowa, the son of George Putnam and Emma Lukehart, was educated at the Iowa State College of Agriculture and came to Canada in 1911. In the same year, he married Grace Ward. Putnam lived in Watson, Saskatchewan.{{cite book |title=Canadian Parliamentary Guide |last=Normandin |first=G P |year=1947}} He was defeated by Arnold William Loehr when he ran for reelection to the provincial assembly in 1948.{{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=2013-11-12 }}

Putnam was editor of Fifty years of progress : chiefly the story of the pioneers of the Watson district from 1900-1910, published in 1950.{{cite web |url=http://www.ourroots.ca/page.aspx?id=304803 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120905155804/http://www.ourroots.ca/page.aspx?id=304803 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-09-05 |title=Saskatchewan bibliography : first supplement |page=212 |year=1993 |last=Arora |first=Ved Parkash |accessdate=2012-05-31 }}