Les Hammond Explained

Les Hammond
Office:Mayor of Regina
Predecessor:Gordon Burton Grant
Successor:Thomas Cowburn
Term Start:1954
Term End:1956
Birth Date:22 March 1908
Birth Place:Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Death Place:Regina, Saskatchewan
Occupation:accountant

Leslie Herbert Hammond (March 22, 1908 – December 31, 1998) was an accountant and politician in Saskatchewan, Canada. He served as mayor of Regina from 1954 to 1956.

He was born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan and came to Regina in 1935. Hammond worked for Simpsons-Sears as an accountant. He was president of the Regina Jaycees. He was also a director and chairman of the finance committee for the local Victorian Order of Nurses.[1] He was a member of Regina city council from 1947 to 1952 and from 1971 to 1973. He died at the age of 90 in Regina in 1998.[2] [3]

Hammond ran unsuccessfully for the Regina Centre seat in the provincial assembly in 1975.[4]

Hammond Road in Regina was named in his honour.[1]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Simmons, Dale . Regina, the street where you live : the origins of Regina street names . 30 . 2000 . Regina Public Library . 0-920085-87-3.
  2. News: Obituaries. 20. The Leader-Post. Regina, Saskatchewan. January 5, 1999. January 15, 2019.
  3. News: Leslie Hammond . Regina Leader-Post . December 31, 2011.
  4. Web site: Saskatchewan Election Results By Electoral Division . Saskatchewan Archives Board . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131112235500/http://www.saskarchives.com/sites/default/files/documents/Elections-Results-by-Electoral-Division.pdf . November 12, 2013 .