Joe Saxinger | |
Birth Name: | Josef Saxinger |
Birth Date: | February 2, 1930 |
Office: | MLA for Kinistino |
Term: | 1986–1991 |
Predecessor: | Ben Boutin |
Successor: | Armand Roy |
Party: | Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan |
Josef "Joe" Saxinger (February 2, 1930 - July 3, 2008) was a German-born farmer, business owner and political figure in Saskatchewan. He represented Kinistino from 1986 to 1991 in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan as a Progressive Conservative.
He was born in Niederbrünst and was educated in Haag and Passau. Saxinger trained as a tool and die maker. He came to Canada in 1954 and settled in the Cudworth district. Saxinger farmed, operated a car dealership, Saxinger Motors, and then operated Saxinger Farm Parts and Implements. He was later a partner in the Sagehill Buffalo Ranch. He was married twice: first to Eleonore Lobl in 1956 and then to Delphine Nielsen in 2006. Saxinger served as fire chief for Cudworth.[1]
He was defeated by Armand Roy when he ran for reelection to the Saskatchewan assembly in 1991.[2]
|- |style="width: 130px"|Progressive Conservative|Joe Saxinger|align="right"|3,900|align="right"|49.11%|align="right"|-2.46 |NDP|Don Cody|align="right"|3,748|align="right"|47.20%|align="right"|+1.76|- bgcolor="white"!align="left" colspan=3|Total!align="right"|7,941!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"|
|- |style="width: 130px"|NDP|Armand Roy|align="right"|4,298|align="right"|50.32%|align="right"|+3.12 |Progressive Conservative|Joe Saxinger|align="right"|2,918|align="right"|34.16%|align="right"|-14.95|- bgcolor="white"!align="left" colspan=3|Total!align="right"|8,542!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"|