Q:Facts: - profession: lawyer - residence: saskatchewan - birth name: evatt francis anthony merchant , jr. . - successor: clinton oliver white - party: liberal - spouse: pana merchant - predecessor: henry baker - office: member of the legislative assembly for regina wascana - occupation: lawyer - term end: 1978 - term start: 1975 - birth date: 1944 - nationality: canadian - image: 200px - birth place: yorkton , saskatchewan , canada - alma mater: university of saskatchewan Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of anthony merchant .
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evatt francis anthony '' tony '' merchant , q.c. -lrb- born 1944 -rrb- is a canadian lawyer and former politician .he represented regina wascana in the legislative assembly of saskatchewan as a liberal member from 1975 to 1978 .