10 Facts About David Steuart

David Gordon "Davey" Steuart was a Saskatchewan politician, cabinet minister and senator.

David Steuart was elected to Prince Albert city council in 1951 and served as mayor from 1954 to 1958.

David Steuart served as president of the Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities Association.

David Steuart failed in his 1960 bid to win a seat in the Saskatchewan legislature but won a by-election two years later and retained the Prince Albert seat in the 1964 provincial election that brought the Thatcher Liberals to power.

David Steuart was appointed Minister of Health in the provincial cabinet implementing the government's system of user fees for health care and, in 1965, became Minister of Natural Resources and Deputy Premier.

David Steuart's budgets were blamed for the Liberal Party's defeat in the 1971 provincial election.

Nevertheless, David Steuart was elected party leader in December 1971 following Thatcher's death.

David Steuart served as Leader of the Opposition for four years resigning the party leadership two days after the 1975 provincial election in which the party was badly defeated.

David Steuart was appointed to the Canadian Senate in December 1976 and served until his retirement in 1991, when he moved to Kelowna, British Columbia.

David Steuart died at home in Kelowna on November 5,2010, at the age of 94.