riding predecessor successor birth_place profession party birth_date spouse residence article_title term_end name
desnethé -- missinippi -- churchill river jeremy harrison rob clarke winnipeg , manitoba aboriginal leader , business consultant liberal party of canada 22 september 1964 brenda merasty saskatoon gary merasty
 august 31 , 2007 gary merasty
gary merasty

gary merasty , -lrb- born september 22 , 1964 in winnipeg , manitoba and raised in pelican narrows , saskatchewan -rrb- is a canadian politician and former liberal member of parliament for desnethé -- missinippi -- churchill river in northern saskatchewan .
a former two-time grand chief of the prince albert grand council , merasty is a member of the peter ballantyne cree nation within treaty 6 territory .
he is the first status first nations person to be elected in saskatchewan .
