On this day in ...... 2000 (10 years ago today), Dr. Lynda M. Haverstock (right) became the 19th Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan. Born in 1948 in the community of Swift Current in that same province of Canada, Haverstock dropped out of high school, yet later earned both her doctorate in clinical psychology and her master's degree in education. "[H]ighly regarded for having established innovative programs for disabled students, chronically truant adolescents, and farm families in crisis," Haverstock became, in 1989, "the first woman to be elected leader of a political party in Saskatchewan when she became the leader of the Liberal Party." She "was immensely popular" in government, and served as Lieutenant Governor until 2006. (photo credit)
(Prior February 21 posts are here, here, and here)
