Editing Roy Romanow (section)

==Early life==
Romanow was born in [[Saskatoon]], Saskatchewan, in 1939 to Tekla and Michael Romanow, who were Ukrainian immigrants from [[Ordiv]]—currently [[Chervonohrad Raion]]—[[Ukraine]]. His first language was Ukrainian.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Granatstein |first=J. L. |date=2008-10-21 |editor-last=Kucharsky |editor-first=Danny |title=Roy Romanow |url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/roy-john-romanow |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181221012535/https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/roy-john-romanow |archive-date=2018-12-21 |access-date= |website=[[The Canadian Encyclopedia]] |language=en}}</ref><ref>Gregory Marchildon, "Roy Romanow" in Gordon L. Barnhart (ed.), ''Saskatchewan Premiers of the Twentieth Century'' (Regina:  University of Regina Press, 2004), p. 354.</ref>

He studied at the [[University of Saskatchewan]], earning [[Bachelor's degree|bachelor's degrees]] in [[Political science]] in 1960 and [[Law (academic)|Law]] in 1964 while involving himself heavily in student politics—he served a year as president of the Students' Representative Council. Romanow then practiced law, articling with and joining Goldenburg, Taylor and Company in Saskatoon.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Roy Romanow fonds |url=https://search.saskarchives.com/roy-romanow-fonds |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240408020310/https://search.saskarchives.com/roy-romanow-fonds |archive-date=2024-04-08 |access-date=2024-04-08 |website=Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan}}</ref> He married Eleanore Boykowich in 1967.<ref name=":0" />