# Eiling Kramer

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{{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](/source/North_Battleford), [Saskatchewan](/source/Saskatchewan), Canada
|death_date={{Death date and age|1999|5|5|1914|7|14|mf=y}}
|death_place=[Regina, Saskatchewan](/source/Regina%2C_Saskatchewan)
|office1 = [MLA](/source/Legislative_Assembly_of_Saskatchewan) for [The Battlefords](/source/The_Battlefords_(provincial_electoral_district))
|term_start1 = 1952
|term_end1 = 1980
|party=[CCF/NDP](/source/Saskatchewan_New_Democratic_Party)
|spouse=Dorothy Johnston
}}

'''Eiling Kramer''' (July 14, 1914 – May 5, 1999) [MLA](/source/member_of_the_Legislative_Assembly), was an auctioneer, rancher and political figure in [Saskatchewan](/source/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](/source/North_Battleford) 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](/source/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](/source/The_Battlefords_(provincial_electoral_district)), Eiling won re-election in every campaign he contested. He served as a Cabinet minister in the [New Democratic Party of Saskatchewan](/source/New_Democratic_Party_of_Saskatchewan) governments under [Woodrow Lloyd](/source/Woodrow_Lloyd) and [Allan Blakeney](/source/Allan_Blakeney), managing portfolios that included the departments of Natural Resources, Co-operation and Co-operatives, and [Highways and Transportation](/source/Ministry_of_Highways_and_Infrastructure_(Saskatchewan)).<ref name="esask"/>  He was involved with the [Saskatchewan Wheat Pool](/source/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](/source/Regina%2C_Saskatchewan), where he died at the age of 84 in 1999.<ref name="esask"/>

== References ==
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Category:1914 births
Category:1999 deaths
Category:People from North Battleford
Category:Saskatchewan Co-operative Commonwealth Federation MLAs
Category:Saskatchewan New Democratic Party MLAs
Category:Canadian auctioneers
Category:Canadian ranchers
Category:Members of the Executive Council of Saskatchewan
Category:20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan
Category:20th-century Canadian farmers

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