Randall Neil Nelson

'''Randall Neil Nelson''' (June 6, 1926 – July 30, 2023) was a Canadian educator and politician in Saskatchewan. He represented Yorkton from 1975 to 1982 in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan as a New Democratic Party (NDP) member.

Nelson was born in Rosetown, Saskatchewan,<ref name="sain"/> the son of Louis Nelson, and studied at the University of Saskatchewan, where he received a BEd degree. Nelson taught school at Naisberry, Spalding, Simpson and Yorkton. In 1948, he married Isobelle Louise Long.<ref name="sain"/> He was defeated by Lorne Aubrey McLaren when he ran for reelection to the Saskatchewan assembly in 1982.<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> As of 2011, Nelson was living in Saskatoon.<ref name="sain">{{cite web |url=http://sain.scaa.sk.ca/collections/index.php/randy-nelson-fonds;rad |title=Randy Nelson fonds |publisher=Saskatchewan Archival Information Network |accessdate=2012-08-04 |archive-date=2016-03-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304200057/http://sain.scaa.sk.ca/collections/index.php/randy-nelson-fonds;rad |url-status=dead }}</ref> Nelson died on July 30, 2023, at the age of 97.<ref>{{cite web |title=Randall Nelson |url=https://leaderpost.remembering.ca/obituary/randall-nelson-1088642842 |website=Regina Leader-Post |access-date=20 August 2023}}</ref>

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