Facts: - profession: pastor and personal care worker - residence: saskatoon - minister: jim prentice - parliament: canadian canadian - successor: tbd colin mayes '' riding renamed to saskatoon -- wanuskewin '' - party: conservative - riding: saskatoon -- wanuskewin wanuskewin - predecessor: '' '' lloyd st. amand riding renamed from wanuskewin '' '' new riding - office: chair of the standing committee on aboriginal affairs - otherparty: reform -lrb- 1997-2000 -rrb- canadian alliance -lrb- 2000-2003 -rrb- - spouse: mary vellacott - term end: 2015 2000 9 may 2006 - term start: 2000 1997 1 may 2006 - birth date: 29 september 1955 - name: maurice vellacott - birth place: wadena , saskatchewan - religion: mennonite Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of maurice vellacott .
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maurice vellacott -lrb- born september 29 , 1955 -rrb- is a canadian politician .he served in the canadian house of commons from 1997 to 2015 as member of parliament -lrb- mp -rrb- for saskatoon , saskatchewan .