Les Hammond

Leslie H. "Les" Hammond (ca 1908[1] – 1998[2]) was an accountant and politician in Saskatchewan, Canada. He served as mayor of Regina from 1954 to 1956.[3]

He was born in Saskatoon 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.[3] He was a member of Regina city council from 1947 to 1952 and from 1971 to 1973. He died at the age of 90.[1]

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

Hammond Road in Regina was named in his honour.[3]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Leslie Hammond". Regina Leader-Post. December 31, 2011.
  2. ↑ "Mae Hammond". Speers Funeral Chapel. November 30, 2008. Retrieved 2014-06-29.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Simmons, Dale (2000). Regina, the street where you live : the origins of Regina street names. Regina Public Library. p. 30. ISBN 0-920085-87-3.
  4. ↑ "Saskatchewan Election Results By Electoral Division" (PDF). Saskatchewan Archives Board.

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