Colin Thatcher
| Colin Thatcher | |
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| MLA for Thunder Creek | |
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In office 1975–1984 |
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| Preceded by | first member |
| Succeeded by | Richard Swenson |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Wilbert Colin Thatcher August 25, 1938 Toronto, Ontario |
| Political party | Saskatchewan Progressive Conservative Party (1977-1984) |
| Other political affiliations |
Saskatchewan Liberal Party (1975-1977) |
Wilbert Colin Thatcher (born August 25, 1938) is a Canadian politician who was convicted for the murder of his ex-wife, JoAnn Wilson.
Colin Thatcher was born in Toronto when his father worked for Canada Packers and moved to Saskatchewan when his father returned home to run the family business. He is the son of W. Ross Thatcher, premier of Saskatchewan from 1964 to 1971. Ross Thatcher began his political career with the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation but switched to the Liberal Party due to philosophical differences. Colin began studying agriculture at the University of Saskatchewan. After one year, he transferred to Iowa State University where he met JoAnn Geiger. In 1962, Thatcher and Geiger married. Thatcher graduated from Iowa State with B.S. and M.S. degrees in Agriculture; he then went to work on his father's ranch in Moose Jaw.
After his father's death in 1971, Thatcher cultivated his own interest in politics. In 1975 he won the provincial riding of Thunder Creek as a Liberal, but defected to the Progressive Conservatives two years later when voter popularity shifted from the Liberals to the Conservatives. The move was denounced by the Liberals, and also privately by his wife JoAnn.
JoAnn felt disgraced by Thatcher's behaviour, and their marriage began to disintegrate. Thatcher began a number of extramarital relationships, which he made little effort to hide from public scrutiny. When JoAnn confronted him with these indiscretions, Thatcher is reported to have verbally and physically abused her. Thatcher's dalliances did not adversely affect his popularity as a politician, and in 1978 he was re-elected to the Legislative Assembly.
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