Berny Wiens

{{Short description|Canadian politician}} {{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}} '''Bernhard Henry "Berny" Wiens''' (born September 2, 1945)<ref name="archives"/> is a former political figure in [[Saskatchewan]], Canada. He represented [[Rosetown-Elrose (former electoral district)|Rosetown-Elrose]] from 1991 to 1995 and [[Rosetown-Biggar (provincial electoral district)|Rosetown-Biggar]] from 1995 to 1999 in the [[Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan]] as a [[Saskatchewan New Democratic Party|New Democratic Party]] (NDP) member.

He was born in [[Rosetown, Saskatchewan]], the son of Jacob Bernhard Wiens, and grew up on the family farm in [[Herschel, Saskatchewan|Herschel]]. Wiens was educated in Herschel, in [[Rosthern, Saskatchewan|Rosthern]] and at the [[University of Saskatchewan]]. In 1968, he married Cheralyn Winona Marie Krug. Wiens taught science for one year and began operating a farm near Herschel around the same time. He also served as president of the Saskatchewan School Trustees Association and of the Canadian School Board Association.<ref name="archives"/> Wiens served in the provincial cabinet as [[Ministry of Agriculture (Saskatchewan)|Minister of Agriculture and Food]], as [[Ministry of Highways and Infrastructure (Saskatchewan)|Minister of Highways and Transportation]], as Minister of the Environment and Public Safety, as Minister of the Environment and Resource Management, as Minister of Intergovernmental and Aboriginal Affairs and as Provincial Secretary.<ref name="sain"/> He was defeated by [[Elwin Hermanson]] when he ran for reelection to the assembly in 1999.<ref name="archives">{{cite web |url=http://www.archivescanada.ca/english/search/ItemDisplay.asp?sessionKey=999999999_142&l=0&lvl=1&v=0&coll=1&itm=271333&rt=1&bill=1 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130419005426/http://www.archivescanada.ca/english/search/ItemDisplay.asp?sessionKey=999999999_142&l=0&lvl=1&v=0&coll=1&itm=271333&rt=1&bill=1 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-04-19 |title=Berny Wiens fonds |publisher=Archives Canada |accessdate=2012-09-06 }}</ref>

As of 2010, he was living near Herschel.<ref name="sain">{{cite web |url=http://sain.scaa.sk.ca/collections/index.php/wiens-bernhard-henry-1945-2;isaar |title=Wiens, Bernhard Henry, 1945- |publisher=Saskatchewan Archival Information Network |accessdate=2012-09-06 |archive-date=2016-03-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304201912/http://sain.scaa.sk.ca/collections/index.php/wiens-bernhard-henry-1945-2;isaar |url-status=dead }}</ref>

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