{{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 | death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2008|7|3|1930|2|2}} | death_place = | office = MLA for Kinistino | term = 1986–1991 | predecessor = Ben Boutin | successor = Armand Roy | party = Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan | profession = | occupation = | spouse = | children = }}
'''Josef "Joe" Saxinger''' (February 2, 1930 – July 3, 2008<ref name="hansard"/>) was a German-born farmer, business owner and political figure in Saskatchewan. He represented Kinistino from 1986 to 1991 in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan as a Progressive Conservative.
He was born in Niederbrünst and was educated in Haag and Passau. Saxinger trained as a tool and die maker. He came to Canada in 1954 and settled in the Cudworth 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.<ref name="hansard">{{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 }}</ref>
He was defeated by Armand Roy when he ran for reelection to the Saskatchewan assembly in 1991.<ref name="results">{{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 }}</ref>
==Electoral history==
{{Election box begin | title=1986 Saskatchewan general election: Kinistino electoral district}} |- {{Canadian party colour|SK|PC|row}} |style="width: 130px"|Progressive Conservative |Joe Saxinger |align="right"|3,900 |align="right"|49.11% |align="right"|-2.46 {{Canadian party colour|SK|NDP|row}} |NDP |Don 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: Kinistino electoral district}} |- {{Canadian party colour|SK|NDP|row}} |style="width: 130px"|NDP |Armand Roy |align="right"|4,298 |align="right"|50.32% |align="right"|+3.12 {{Canadian party colour|SK|PC|row}} |Progressive Conservative |Joe 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}}
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