Joseph Ingolph Hetland (30 July 1896 – 1982) was a Liberal party

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 member of the Canadian House of Commons

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. He was born in Chicago

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, Illinois

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, United States

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 and moved to Canada in 1907.

Hetland attended school at Watson, Saskatchewan

Watson, Saskatchewan

-History:Settlers began arriving in the early 1900s, many of them German American Catholics. The first post office in the area was established on April 1, 1904 and named named Vossen after its postmaster, Frank J. Vossen Jr. It was changed to Watson on May 1, 1906, in advance of the village's...

 then studied at the Agricultural College in Fargo, North Dakota

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. He became a farmer by career, a municipal councillor from 1929 to 1932 and a school trustee from 1931 to 1943.

He was first elected to Parliament at the Humboldt

Humboldt (electoral district)

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 riding in the 1949 general election

Canadian federal election, 1949

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. After serving one term in the House of Commons, the Humboldt riding had been disbanded and Hetland campaigned at the new Humboldt—Melfort

Humboldt—Melfort

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 riding but lost to Hugh Alexander Bryson

Hugh Alexander Bryson

Hugh Alexander Bryson was a Canadian politician, farmer and insurance agent. He was elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 1953 election as a Member of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation to represent the riding of Humboldt—Melfort...

 of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation

Co-operative Commonwealth Federation

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