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Sir Frederick W. A. G.  Haultain 
1857 – 1942

Premier of the North West Territories of Canada

Frederick Haultain was born in 1857 in England.  He emigrated to Canada in 1876 and attended the University of Toronto, receiving a BA in 1879, and a LLB from Osgoode Hall, Toronto. In 1884, he moved west and opened a law office on the site where the Fort Museum now stands. 

 In 1887 Haultain was elected to the North West Legislative Assembly to represent Macleod.  In 1897 he was appointed the Premier of the Northwest Territories, as well as Attorney General and Commissioner of Education. In 1902 he attended Kind Edward VII’s coronation as the North West Territories representative and was made a member of the King’s Counsel (KC).

Haultain’s greatest political accomplishment came after five years of determined effort: on September 1, 1905, the Provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan were created. Haultain had long been lobbying for the creation of one province. Haultain was not named Premier of either Province.  Instead, he represented the South Qu’Appelle riding and became the Leader of the Official Opposition in the Saskatchewan Legislature.  In 1912 he retired from politics, and was appointed the Chief Justice of Saskatchewan.  
 
In 1916, he was knighted by King George V, and awarded a Doctorate in Laws from both the University of Toronto and the University of Saskatchewan.  He was also elected Chancellor of the University of Saskatchewan, a position which he held until 1939.  He died in 1942, and his ashes are buried at the Memorial Gates at the University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon.