Guy Franklin Van Eaton

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Guy Franklin Van Eaton (August 20, 1878 – January 9, 1950)https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/44086144/guy-franklin-van_eaton was an American-born farmer and politician in Saskatchewan, Canada. He represented Shellbrook from 1945 to 1948 in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan as a Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) member.

He was born in Iowa, grew up in South Dakota and continued his education in Tacoma, Washington. He married Anna Flavel Van Eaton in 1910{{cite book |url=http://www.ourroots.ca/page.aspx?id=579185 |title=Our harvest of memories : Foxdale, Sturgeon Valley, Silver Cliff, Three Creeks, Rayside, Rich Valley |pages=290–92 |year=1983 |last=Coles |first=Cathy |accessdate=2012-03-31}} and came to Canada in 1916, settling near Vanscoy, Saskatchewan. Van Eaton became a member of the Saskatchewan Wheat Pool. In 1927, he moved to a farm near Shellbrook. He ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the provincial assembly in 1929; in 1938, Van Eaton was campaign manager for Albert Mansfield, a CCF candidate running for the provincial Shellbrook seat.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=NJVjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=SHoNAAAAIBAJ&pg=1312,4504134 |title=Who's Who in Shellbrook Provincial By-election |newspaper=Star-Phoenix |location=Saskatoon |date=June 20, 1945 |page=2 |accessdate=2012-05-23}} He was elected to the provincial assembly in a 1945 by-election{{cite web |url=http://www.saskarchives.com/sites/default/files/documents/Membership-of-Legislatures.pdf |title=Membership of the Legislatures |publisher=Saskatchewan Archive Board |accessdate=2012-03-06}} held following the death of Albert Victor Sterling.{{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}}