Editing Ross Thatcher (section)

{{Short description|9th Premier of Saskatchewan (1964–1971)}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-suffix    = 
| image               = Wilbert Ross Thatcher, 1953.jpg
| office1             = 9th [[Premier of Saskatchewan]]
| term_start1         = May 22, 1964
| term_end1           = June 30, 1971
| predecessor1        = [[Woodrow S. Lloyd]]
| successor1          = [[Allan Blakeney]]
| monarch1            = [[Elizabeth II]]
| lieutenant_governor1 = [[Robert Leith Hanbidge|Robert Hanbidge]]<br />[[Stephen Worobetz]]
| constituency_MP2    = [[Moose Jaw (electoral district)|Moose Jaw]]
| parliament2         = Canadian
| predecessor2        = [[John Gordon Ross]]
| successor2          = ''District abolished''
| term_start2         = June 11, 1945
| term_end2           = August 10, 1953
| constituency_MP3    = [[Moose Jaw—Lake Centre]]
| parliament3         = Canadian
| predecessor3        = ''District created''
| successor3          = [[Louis Harrington Lewry]]
| term_start3         = August 10, 1953
| term_end3           = June 10, 1957
| office4             = Member of the [[Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan]] for [[Morse (provincial electoral district)|Morse]]
| term_start4         = June 8, 1960
| term_end4           = July 22, 1971
| predecessor4        = [[James William Gibson|Jim Gibson]]
| successor4          = [[Jack Wiebe]]
| office5             = [[Leader of the Opposition (Saskatchewan)]]
| term_start5         = June 8, 1960
| term_end5           = May 22, 1964
| predecessor5        = [[Alexander Hamilton McDonald|Alexander H. McDonald]]
| successor5          = [[Woodrow Lloyd]]
| birth_name          = Wilbert Ross Thatcher
| birth_date          = {{Birth date|1917|05|14}}
| birth_place         = [[Neville, Saskatchewan]]
| death_date          = {{death date and age|1971|07|22|1917|05|24}}
| death_place         = [[Regina, Saskatchewan]]
| party               = {{ubl|[[Co-operative Commonwealth Federation|CCF]] (1942&ndash;1955)|Independent (1955&ndash;1957)|[[Liberal Party of Saskatchewan|Liberal]] (1957&ndash;1971)}}
| spouse              = {{marriage|Peggie<!-- Thatcher-->|1938<!--|1971|end=his death-->}}
| children            = [[Colin Thatcher]]
| honorific_prefix    = [[The Honourable]]
| honorific_suffix    = PC
}}
'''Wilbert Ross Thatcher''', {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|PC}} (May 24, 1917 – July 22, 1971) was a Canadian politician who served as the ninth [[premier of Saskatchewan]] from 1964 to 1971. Thatcher began his career as a member of the [[Co-operative Commonwealth Federation]] in 1942, elected first to [[Moose Jaw]] City Council and then in 1945 as a [[Member of Parliament (Canada)|Member of Parliament]] representing [[Moose Jaw]]. In 1959, Thatcher made the switch both to [[Saskatchewan]] provincial politics and to the provincial [[Liberal Party of Saskatchewan|Liberal Party]], which he led through four provincial elections, winning majority governments in 1964 and 1967. Following his defeat in the 1971 provincial election, Thatcher retired from politics and died shortly afterwards.