Charles Agar was a farmer and political figure in Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of . Saskatchewan is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dakota....

, Canada. He represented Saskatoon County

Saskatoon County

Saskatoon County was a provincial electoral division for the Legislative Assembly of the province of Saskatchewan, Canada. Created as "Saskatoon" before the 1st Saskatchewan general election in 1905, the district encompassed the three communities that merged to form the city in 1906...

 from 1921 to 1934 as a Progressive Party

Progressive Party of Saskatchewan

The Progressive Party of Saskatchewan was a provincial section of the Progressive Party of Canada and was active from the 1920s to the mid-1930s...

 member then as a Liberal and Hanley

Hanley (electoral district)

Hanley is a former provincial electoral division for the Legislative Assembly of the province of Saskatchewan, Canada, centered on the town of Hanley, Saskatchewan. This district was created before the 2nd Saskatchewan general election in 1908...

 from 1934 to 1944 as a Liberal in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan

Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan

The 25th Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan was in power from 2003 until November 20, 2007. It was controlled by the Saskatchewan New Democratic Party under premier Lorne Calvert.-Members:-By-elections:...

.

He was born in Belfast, Ontario, (located in what is now Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh), was educated in Ontario

Ontario

Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....

 and came to Saskatchewan in 1905. He was Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan

Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan

The Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan is the presiding officer of the Saskatchewan legislature.-Speakers of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan:*Thomas MacNutt 1906-1908*William Charles Sutherland 1908-1912...

  from 1938 to 1944. Agar was defeated when he ran for reelection in the 1944 Saskatchewan election

Saskatchewan general election, 1944

The Saskatchewan general election of 1944 was the tenth provincial election in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It was held on June 15, 1944 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan....

 that brought Tommy Douglas

Tommy Douglas

Thomas Clement "Tommy" Douglas, was a Scottish-born Baptist minister who became a prominent Canadian social democratic politician...

 and the Saskatchewan CCF to power.

He died in Saskatoon at the age of 78.