Five Yorkton teens: the road from here to elected office

About this episode

The episode explores the journeys of five teenage boys from Yorkton who later became involved in politics.

They were typical teenage boys when they lived in Yorkton in the 1970s, 80s, and into the early 90s. They came from different backgrounds, attended school here, took part in a variety of activities, pursued different goals, and left when they completed high school, four ending up in Alberta and one in Saskatoon. A common factor for these five young men from Yorkton is that they ended up at higher levels of politics – three are now members of Parliament, one was an Alberta cabinet minister, on...

People in this episode

Host: Dick DeRyk

Topics covered

• politics
• teenage experiences
• local history
• community impact
• youth development

Keywords

• Yorkton
• politics
• teenagers
• history
• community

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Yorkton, Alberta, Saskatoon

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