Politics

At the age of six Glenn was introduced by his father to provincial politics, and nominally worked stuffing envelopes for Ross Thatcher’s Liberal Party in the 1964 election. Caught up in “Trudeaumania” in 1968, Glenn announced to his family that he no longer wanted to be a scientist, but was firmly committed to a life in politics. At the age of ten , all those balloons, streamers and pretty girls were simply much more attractive than his science books, as treasured as they may have been. He was a token volunteer for candidate Ken McLeod in that famous election. When the 1971 provincial and 1972 federal elections arrived Glenn was a genuinely productive campaign worker, stuffing envelopes and putting up signs for Dave Sheard and Tom Howland.

1973 – Ted Malone by-election
74 – founded the Regina Liberal Youth Commission
74 – Dave Bouchard Campaign
75 – Elected to Executive of Liberal’s National Youth Commission
75 – Ted Malone Campaign, general election
76 – “No” campaign in Quebec Referendum — merely present for a time
76 – Leadership race for Ted Malone
78 – Tony Merchant Campaign, General Election
79 – Provincial candidate against Mayor/MLA Henry Baker Youngest political candidate in Sask history to that time. Quickly many 19 year old candidates were nominated.
80 – Founded the University of Regina Liberal Club
82 – Election candidate against Premier Blakeney –– a whopping 255 votes!
83 – Special Assistant in Trudeau’s final federal cabinet
84 – Sask Youth Coordinator for Jean Chretien Leadership Campaign
Up to and including the first Chretien leadership bid, Glenn had attended every federal and provincial Liberal Party Convention as a voting delegate.
84 – Dave Bouchard Campaign
86 – Joined the Grant Devine Conservatives when they were down 20 points in the polls.
86 – Director of Government Research at the Saskatchewan Legislature
86 – Central Campaign Committee for Progressive Conservatives
88 – Joined the federal Conservatives to support Free Trade Agreement
88 – Advance Man for Mulroney Leaders Tour in Saskatchewan
91 – Central Campaign Committee for Progressive Conservatives
No Political Party role for the past two decades.