# Josef Saxinger > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Josef_Saxinger > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Josef_Saxinger.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef_Saxinger > Source revision: 1349999959 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|Canadian politician}} {{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Joe Saxinger | image = | caption = | birth_name = Josef Saxinger | birth_date = February 2, 1930 | birth_place = Niederbrünst, [Germany](/source/Germany) | death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2008|7|3|1930|2|2}} | death_place = | office = [MLA](/source/Legislative_Assembly_of_Saskatchewan) for [Kinistino](/source/Kinistino_(Saskatchewan_provincial_electoral_district)) | term = 1986–1991 | predecessor = [Ben Boutin](/source/Ben_Boutin) | successor = [Armand Roy](/source/Armand_Roy) | party = [Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan](/source/Progressive_Conservative_Party_of_Saskatchewan) | profession = | occupation = | spouse = | children = }} '''Josef "Joe" Saxinger''' (February 2, 1930 – July 3, 2008) was a [German](/source/Germany)-born farmer, business owner and political figure in [Saskatchewan](/source/Saskatchewan). He represented [Kinistino](/source/Kinistino_(Saskatchewan_provincial_electoral_district)) from 1986 to 1991 in the [Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan](/source/Legislative_Assembly_of_Saskatchewan) as a [Progressive Conservative](/source/Progressive_Conservative_Party_of_Saskatchewan). He was born in [Niederbrünst](/source/Niederbr%C3%BCnst) and was educated in Haag and [Passau](/source/Passau). Saxinger trained as a [tool and die maker](/source/tool_and_die_maker). He came to Canada in 1954 and settled in the [Cudworth](/source/Cudworth%2C_Saskatchewan) district. Saxinger farmed, operated a car dealership, Saxinger Motors, and then operated Saxinger Farm Parts and Implements. He was later a partner in the Sagehill Buffalo Ranch. He was married twice: first to Eleonore Lobl in 1956 and then to Delphine Nielsen in 2006. Saxinger served as fire chief for Cudworth.{{cite web |url=http://www.legassembly.sk.ca/legislative-business/journals/journals-2-26 |title=Hansard |publisher=Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan |date=March 4, 2009 |accessdate=2012-09-03 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150414112351/http://www.legassembly.sk.ca/legislative-business/journals/journals-2-26 |archivedate=April 14, 2015 }} He was defeated by [Armand Roy](/source/Armand_A._Roy) when he ran for reelection to the Saskatchewan assembly in 1991.{{cite web|url=http://www.saskarchives.com/sites/default/files/documents/Elections-Results-by-Electoral-Division.pdf |title=Saskatchewan Election Results By Electoral Division |publisher=Saskatchewan Archives Board |accessdate=2012-03-27 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131112235500/http://www.saskarchives.com/sites/default/files/documents/Elections-Results-by-Electoral-Division.pdf |archivedate=2013-11-12 }} ==Electoral history== {{Election box begin | title=[1986 Saskatchewan general election](/source/1986_Saskatchewan_general_election): Kinistino electoral district}} |- {{Canadian party colour|SK|PC|row}} |style="width: 130px"|[Progressive Conservative](/source/Saskatchewan_Progressive_Conservative_Party) |[Joe Saxinger](/source/Joseph_Saxinger) |align="right"|3,900 |align="right"|49.11% |align="right"|-2.46 {{Canadian party colour|SK|NDP|row}} |[NDP](/source/New_Democratic_Party_of_Saskatchewan) |[Don Cody](/source/Donald_William_Cody) |align="right"|3,748 |align="right"|47.20% |align="right"|+1.76 {{CANelec|SK|Liberal|Ray L. Manegre|293|3.69%|+0.70}} |- bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3|Total !align="right"|7,941 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| {{election box end}} {{Election box begin | title=[1991 Saskatchewan general election](/source/1991_Saskatchewan_general_election): Kinistino electoral district}} |- {{Canadian party colour|SK|NDP|row}} |style="width: 130px"|[NDP](/source/New_Democratic_Party_of_Saskatchewan) |[Armand Roy](/source/Armand_A._Roy) |align="right"|4,298 |align="right"|50.32% |align="right"|+3.12 {{Canadian party colour|SK|PC|row}} |[Progressive Conservative](/source/Progressive_Conservative_Party_of_Saskatchewan) |[Joe Saxinger](/source/Joseph_Saxinger) |align="right"|2,918 |align="right"|34.16% |align="right"|-14.95 {{CANelec|SK|Liberal|Frank Orosz|1,326|15.52%|+11.83}} |- bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3|Total !align="right"|8,542 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| {{election box end}} == References == {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Saxinger, Josef}} Category:1930 births Category:2008 deaths Category:Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan MLAs Category:West German emigrants to Canada Category:People from Passau (district) Category:20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan Category:People from Cudworth, Saskatchewan {{ProgressiveConservative-Saskatchewan-MLA-stub}} --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Josef Saxinger](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef_Saxinger) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef_Saxinger?action=history)). 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