{{Short description|Canadian politician}} {{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}} '''Robert Gavin Long''' (March 3, 1937<ref name="normandin">{{cite book |title=Canadian Parliamentary Guide |last=Normandin |first=Pierre G |year=1981}}</ref> – June 4, 2011<ref name="obit"/>) was a farmer and political figure in Saskatchewan. He represented Cut Knife-Lloydminster from 1978 to 1982 in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan as a New Democratic Party (NDP) member.
He was born in Maymont, Saskatchewan, the son of Donald Charles Long,<ref name="normandin"/> and moved to the Lloydminster area with his family in 1947. Long was first employed as a heavy equipment operator but turned to farming in 1962.<ref name="death"/> In 1964 he married Phyllis Joyce Murray, who died in 1974. In 1975, he remarried to Eva Marie Sych.<ref name="normandin"/>
He served in the provincial cabinet as Minister of Highways and Transportation.<ref name="death"/> He was defeated by Michael Hopfner 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> From 1988 to 1992, Long was president of the provincial NDP. He also served as district chair for the Saskatchewan Highway Traffic Board.<ref name="death">{{cite news |url=http://www.meridianbooster.com/PrintArticle.aspx?e=3166955 |title=Local politician leaves legacy |newspaper=Meridian Booster |location=Lloydminster |accessdate=2012-08-26 |archive-date=2020-03-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200328023818/http://www.meridianbooster.com/PrintArticle.aspx?e=3166955 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
Long died in Lloydminster, Alberta at the age of 74.<ref name="obit">{{cite web |url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/leaderpost/obituary.aspx?n=robert-long&pid=151707036 |title=Robert Long |date=June 9, 2011 |accessdate=2012-08-26}}</ref>
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