Robert Mitford Pinder was a pharmacist, entrepreneur and political figure in Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan

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, Canada. He represented Saskatoon City

Saskatoon City (provincial electoral district)

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 in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan

Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan

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 from 1938 to 1944 as a Liberal

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. Pinder was mayor of Saskatoon from 1935 to 1938.

Born in North Toronto

North Toronto

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, Ontario

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, the son of Abraham Pinder and Polly Savage, who came to Canada from Yorkshire, England, he was educated in Elgin, Manitoba

Elgin, Manitoba

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 and at the Pharmacy College in Winnipeg

Winnipeg

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 and then moved to Saskatoon in 1914. He worked for the Saskatoon Drug and Stationary Company, eventually becoming part owner and then sole owner. In 1916, Pinder married Helen Rose. He served on the city council for Saskatoon from 1928 to 1933.

The company he established, Pinder's Drugs, continued to be operated by the Pinder family until 1992 when it was sold to Shoppers Drug Mart

Shoppers Drug Mart

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His son Herbert Charles Pinder also served in the Saskatchewan assembly.