Famous People with Name Solomon

John Lewis Solomon            Origin/Culture/Country: American

John Lewis Solomon: is a public servant and former Canadian politician. Since 2001, he has been chair of Saskatchewan's Workers' Compensation Board. He was previously a provincial and federal politician. He was a Saskatchewan New Democratic Party (NDP) Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan for three terms for the riding of Regina North West, and was elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 1993 federal election. In an election in which the NDP's caucus fell from 43 seats to 9, Solomon was the only rookie MP elected for the federal NDP. He served as MP for Regina—Lumsden and then Regina—Lumsden—Lake Centre until he was defeated by a narrow margin in the 2000 federal election.

John R. Solomon            Origin/Culture/Country: American

John R. Solomon: was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1941 to 1957, alternately as an independent and as a Liberal-Progressive. He was first elected to the Manitoba legislature in the 1941 provincial election, for the rural constituency of Emerson. At the time, Manitoba was governed by a coalition ministry representing all of the major parties, and some independents. Solomon contested the Liberal-Progressive nomination, but lost it to Herbert Wright and entered the contest as a pro-coalition Independent Liberal. He defeated Wright by 701 votes in the general election.