Preceded by J. D. McAskill Name Sidney Buckwold Succeeded by Herbert S. Sears Political party Liberal Party Liberal Party of Canada | Appointed by Pierre Trudeau Education McGill University Preceded by E. J. Cole Died June 27, 2001 Resigned 1971 | |
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Born November 3, 1916
Winnipeg, Manitoba ( 1916-11-03 ) Books Bill C-62 : Senate Committee Report September 27, 1990, Canadian Sales Tax Reports Special Report No. 272, Extra Edition, Canadian Goods & Services Tax Reports Special Report No. 10 | ||
Sidney (Sid) Labe Buckwold, (November 3, 1916 – June 27, 2001) was a Canadian senator and mayor of Saskatoon.
Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba to Harry Buckwold (1890–1980) and Dorothy Friedman (-1966), he moved to Saskatoon in 1925. Buckwold attended Buena Vista School, Nutana Collegiate and the University of Saskatchewan before going to Montreal and receiving a Bachelor of Commerce from McGill University.
During World War II from 1942 to 1945, he served as an officer with the Canadian Army Service Corps. Returning to Saskatoon, he worked for his father's dry goods store, Buckwold’s Ltd.
Elected to the Saskatoon City Council in 1953, he became Mayor in November 1957. He ran unsuccessfully as a Liberal candidate in the federal election of 1963 in the riding of Saskatoon. He lost to the Progressive Conservative candidate, Henry Frank Jones. He ran again in the 1964 by-election, after the death of Henry Jones, and lost to Henry Jones' widow Eloise. In 1967, he was elected again as Mayor, and served until 1971.
In 1971, he was appointed to the Senate on the recommendation of Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, and served until retiring in 1991 at age 75. A Liberal, he served as Government Whip in the Senate and as Vice-Chairman of the National Liberal Caucus.
He married Clarice Rabinovitch in 1939. They had three children: Jay, Judy and Linda.