Woodrow Lloyd | |
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| 8th Premier of Saskatchewan | |
| In office November 7, 1961 – May 22, 1964 | |
| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Lieutenant Governor | Frank Lindsay Bastedo Robert Hanbidge |
| Preceded by | Tommy Douglas |
| Succeeded by | Ross Thatcher |
| Member of the Legislative Assembly | |
| In office June 15, 1944 – June 23, 1971 | |
| Preceded by | John Allan Young (CCF) |
| Succeeded by | Elwood Cowley (NDP) |
| Constituency | Biggar |
| Leader of the Opposition | |
| In office May 22, 1964 – July 4, 1970 | |
| Preceded by | Ross Thatcher |
| Succeeded by | Allan Blakeney |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Woodrow Stanley Lloyd July 16, 1913 Webb, Saskatchewan |
| Died | April 7, 1972 (aged 58) Seoul, South Korea |
| Political party | CCF-NDP |
| Spouse | Vicki Lloyd[1] |
Woodrow Stanley Lloyd (July 16, 1913 – April 7, 1972) was a Canadian politician and educator who served as the 8th premier of Saskatchewan from 1961 to 1964. Born in Saskatchewan in 1913, he became a teacher in the early 1930s. He worked as a teacher and school principal and was involved with the Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation, eventually becoming its president.
He was first elected as a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan in 1944. He became an instrumental figure in Tommy Douglas's Co-operative Commonwealth Federation government between 1944 and 1961, serving as Education Minister and then Treasurer. He succeeded Douglas as Saskatchewan Premier in late 1961. In that role, Lloyd piloted Canada's first Medicare program from legislation to implementation, including resolving the 1962 Saskatchewan doctors' strike.
Lloyd's government was defeated in the 1964 provincial election and he served the next six years as the Leader of the Official Opposition. He stepped down as party leader in 1970, and from the Legislature in 1971. Lloyd was appointed to a United Nations post in South Korea, where he died of a heart attack in 1972.