Ned Shillington
{{Short description|Saskatchewan politician and Cabinet minister}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific_prefix = The Honourable
| name = Ned Shillington
| honorific_suffix = ECS
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| office = Saskatchewan Cabinet Minister and Member of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan
| monarch = Elizabeth II
| lieutenant_governor = Stephen Worobetz (1975-1976)
George Porteous (1976-1978)
Irwin McIntosh (1978-1980)
Sylvia Fedoruk (1991-1994)
Jack Wiebe (1994-1998)
| premier = Allan Blakeney (1975-1980)
Roy Romanow (1991-1998)
| parliamentarygroup = Saskatchewan New Democratic Party
| office1 = Member of the Legislative Assembly for Regina Centre (1975 to 1991)
| predecessor1 = Allan Blakeney
| successor1 = Riding abolished
| office2 = Member of the Legislative Assembly for Regina Northeast / Regina Churchill Downs (1991 to 1999)
| predecessor2 = Ed Tchorzewski
| successor2 = Ron Harper
| office3 = Minister of Consumer Affairs (1975 to 1976)
| predecessor3 = Wes Robbins
| successor3 = Ed Whelan
| office4 = Minister of Co-operation and Co-operative Development (1975 to 1977)
| predecessor4 = Wes Robbins
| successor4 = Wes Robbins
| office5 = Minister of Government Services (1976 to 1978)
| predecessor5 = Gordon Snyder
| successor5 = Gordon Snyder
| office6 = Minister of Culture and Youth (1977 to 1980)
| predecessor6 = Ed Tchorzewski
| successor6 = Herman Rolfes
| office7 = Minister of Education (1978 to 1979)
| predecessor7 = Donald Leonard Faris
| successor7 = Doug McArthur
| office8 = Associate Minister of Finance and Minister responsible for Crown Investments Corporation (1992, 1995)
| predecessor8 = New position
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| office9 = Minister of Labour (1992 to 1995)
| predecessor9 = Bob Mitchell
| successor9 = Douglas Anguish
| office10 = Minister of Intergovernmental Relations (1995 to 1997)
| predecessor10 = Vacant
| successor10 = Berny Wiens
| office11 = Minister of Justice and Attorney General (1995)
| predecessor11 = Bob Mitchell
| successor11 = Bob Mitchell
| office12 = Provincial Secretary (1995 to 1998)
| predecessor12 = Ed Tchorzewski
| successor12 = Berny Wiens
| birth_date = {{birth date|1944|8|28|mf=y}} (age {{age|1944|8|28}})
| birth_place = Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada
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| nationality = Canadian
| spouse = Sonia Koroscil
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| residence = Calgary, Alberta, Canada
| education = University of Saskatchewan
| occupation = Consultant
| profession = Lawyer
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Edward Blaine "Ned" Shillington (born August 28, 1944, in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada) is a lawyer, consultant and former Canadian politician. He was a member of the Saskatchewan New Democratic Party and was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan from 1975 to 1999. He served in the Cabinets of Premier Allan Blakeney and also Premier Roy Romanow.{{cite encyclopedia |url=https://esask.uregina.ca/entry/shillington_edward_blain_1944-.html |title=Shillington, Edward Blain (1944–) |encyclopedia=The Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan |access-date=2012-07-08}}
Early life
The son of Sterling Arthur Shillington and Dorathy Jennie Henry,{{cite book |title=Canadian Parliamentary Guide |last=Normandin |first=Pierre G |year=1981}} Shillington studied law at the University of Saskatchewan, articled in Regina and set up practice in Moosomin. In 1970, he married Sonia Koroscil.
Political career
= First attempt =
Shillington ran unsuccessfully as an NDP candidate in the Saskatchewan general election of 1971, in the riding of Moosimin.{{Cite web |url=http://saskarchives.com/sites/default/files/pdf/elections_results_by_electoral_division_2015.pdf |title=Saskatchewan Archives: Election Results by Electoral Division - Moosimin, p. 2.14-61. |access-date=September 18, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151226094105/http://www.saskarchives.com/sites/default/files/pdf/elections_results_by_electoral_division_2015.pdf |archive-date=December 26, 2015 |url-status=dead }} He was then appointed as executive assistant to the Attorney General for Saskatchewan, Roy Romanow, from 1971 to 1975.
= Blakeney government (1975-1980) =
He again stood for election in the general election of 1975, this time in the riding of Regina Centre, and was elected.{{Cite web |url=http://saskarchives.com/sites/default/files/pdf/elections_results_by_electoral_division_2015.pdf |title=Saskatchewan Archives: Election Results by Electoral Division - Regina Centre, p. 2.14-80. |access-date=September 18, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151226094105/http://www.saskarchives.com/sites/default/files/pdf/elections_results_by_electoral_division_2015.pdf |archive-date=December 26, 2015 |url-status=dead }} He served in the provincial cabinet of Premier Allan Blakeney in a variety of positions, initially as Minister of Consumer Affairs. In that position, he was responsible for introducing rent control legislation, during a period of rapidly increasing residential rents.Brett Quiring, "Shillington, Edward Blain ("Ned")", in Quiring (ed.), Saskatchewan Politicians: Past and Present (Regina: University of Regina Press, 2004), pp. 210-211. At various times, he also held the positions of Minister of Co-operation and Co-operative Development, Minister of Government Services, Minister of Culture and Youth, and Minister of Education.[http://saskarchives.com/sites/default/files/pdf/2016_ministries.pdf Saskatchewan Archives - Ministries - Eleventh Ministry (Blakeney), pp. 2.3-22 to 2.3-26.]
= Opposition (1982-1991) =
= Romanow Government (1991-1998) =
When the NDP was returned to power in 1991, Shillington was also re-elected.{{Cite web |url=http://saskarchives.com/sites/default/files/pdf/elections_results_by_electoral_division_2015.pdf |title=Saskatchewan Archives: Election Results by Electoral Division - Regina Churchill Downs, p. 2.14-8. |access-date=September 18, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151226094105/http://www.saskarchives.com/sites/default/files/pdf/elections_results_by_electoral_division_2015.pdf |archive-date=December 26, 2015 |url-status=dead }} In the Romanow government, at various times he was the Associate Minister of Finance, the Minister of Labour, the Minister of Justice and Attorney General, the Minister of Intergovernmental Relations and the Provincial Secretary.{{cite web |url=http://sain.scaa.sk.ca/collections/index.php/ned-shillington-fonds;rad |title=Ned Shillington fonds |publisher=Saskatchewan Archival Information Network |access-date=2012-08-28}}[http://saskarchives.com/sites/default/files/pdf/2016_ministries.pdf Saskatchewan Archives - Ministries - Thirteenth Ministry (Romanow), pp. 2.3-34 to 2.3-38.]
Later career
Shillingon resigned his seat in 1999 to become a consultant, later moving to Calgary, Alberta. Rendered paraplegic, he sat on the Board of Directors of the Alberta Branch of the Canadian Paraplegic Association.[https://issuu.com/cpaalberta/docs/spinalcolumns_summer_july_31_2012 Spinal Columns, July 2012, pp. 4, 36.]
References
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Category:Saskatchewan New Democratic Party MLAs
Category:20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan
Category:Politicians with paraplegia
Category:Canadian politicians with disabilities
Category:People from Moose Jaw