{{Short description|Canadian politician}} {{Use Canadian English|date=September 2021}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}} {{Infobox officeholder |name=Eiling Kramer |image= |caption= |birth_date=July 14, 1914 |birth_place=North Battleford, Saskatchewan, Canada |death_date={{Death date and age|1999|5|5|1914|7|14|mf=y}} |death_place=Regina, Saskatchewan |office1 = MLA for The Battlefords |term_start1 = 1952 |term_end1 = 1980 |party=CCF/NDP |spouse=Dorothy Johnston }}
'''Eiling Kramer''' (July 14, 1914 – May 5, 1999) MLA, was an auctioneer, rancher and political figure in Saskatchewan, Canada.<ref name="esask">{{cite encyclopedia |url=http://esask.uregina.ca/entry/kramer_eiling_1914-99.html |title=Kramer, Eiling (1914–99) |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan |last=Quiring |first=Brett |accessdate=2012-06-25 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120318060000/http://esask.uregina.ca/entry/kramer_eiling_1914-99.html |archivedate=2012-03-18 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
Eiling Kramer was born in 1914, the son of Minne Dowe Kramer and Jacobina Kopinga,<ref name="sain">{{cite web |url=http://sain.scaa.sk.ca/collections/index.php/eiling-kramer-fonds;rad |title=Eiling Kramer fonds |publisher=Saskatchewan Archival Information Network |accessdate=2012-06-25}}</ref> in Highworth, Saskatchewan in the North Battleford district. After attending school in Highworth, Eiling worked at a number of jobs, then purchased a ranch where he raised cattle.<ref name="esask"/> In 1944, he married Dorothy Johnston.<ref name="sain"/> He established an auctioneering business in 1949. In 1950, he helped form the Saskatchewan Farmers' Union and served two years as its vice-president.<ref name="esask"/>
He is remembered as one of the most charming and colourful characters to grace Saskatchewan's political scene.{{citation needed|date=June 2012}} Kramer was the longest-serving member in the history of Saskatchewan's Legislative Assembly.<ref name="sain"/> First elected in 1952 as the member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for The Battlefords, Eiling won re-election in every campaign he contested. He served as a Cabinet minister in the New Democratic Party of Saskatchewan governments under Woodrow Lloyd and Allan Blakeney, managing portfolios that included the departments of Natural Resources, Co-operation and Co-operatives, and Highways and Transportation.<ref name="esask"/> He was involved with the Saskatchewan Wheat Pool, the Sherwood Co-op Association and the Lions and Cosmopolitan Clubs.{{citation needed|date=June 2012}}
Eiling retired from politics in 1980, moving to North Battleford and later Regina, where he died at the age of 84 in 1999.<ref name="esask"/>
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