Garry Breitkreuz was born October 21, 1945, and was raised on a farm near Springside, Saskatchewan. He attended a one-room country school near the farm where he grew up. His high school education was completed in Yorkton. He has six years post-secondary education, including a Bachelor of Education from the University of Saskatchewan.

Garry taught for twenty-four years, including three years teaching math and chemistry at a college in Cameroun, West Africa; two years as principal on an Indian Reserve in northern Saskatchewan; eighteen months teaching math and sciences on the remote island of Malaita, part of the Solomon Islands. The remainder of his teaching experience was spent teaching various subjects and grades in and around Yorkton. Seven of those years, Garry also spent farming.

Prior to the election call, Garry was Vice-chair of the Standing Committee on Justice as well as the Official Opposition Firearms and Property Rights Critic. As Firearms Critic, Garry has worked tirelessly to uncover the exorbitant costs of the federal Liberal government’s gun registry program. He has also served as Deputy House Leader; Deputy Whip; deputy critic for Aboriginal Affairs; deputy critic to the Solicitor General; and critic for Unemployment Insurance.

The following are some of the issues Garry has worked on:

· Agriculture and Grain Transportation

· Gun control

· Native self-government and land claims

· Charter of Duties and Responsibilities

· Parental Rights and Responsibilities

· Defunding of Abortions

· Victims rights

· Sexual orientation

· Pension reform

· Democratic and Senate Reforms

· Young Offenders

· Government Budgets--People’s Tax Form

· Unemployment Insurance

· Equality of all Canadians

· Justice and prison reform

· Property rights

Garry was elected to the House of Commons in October 1993, for the riding of Yorkton-Melville in eastern Saskatchewan, and was re-elected in the 1997, 2000 and 2004 general elections.

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