Career
He is a corporate executive, with a degree from the executive program of Queen"s University"s School of Business. He served as president of a consulting firm, as well as a rancher, before being elected as an Modern Language Association in 1975 for Shaunavon. However, he lost that riding to Dwain Lingenfelter in 1978.
He served as an organizer for the Liberal Party of Saskatchewan, and was an influential man in the Canadian beef industry and the provincial government.
From 1982 until 1987, Eiliv Anderson was Chairman of Farm Cr Corporation Canada, a federal crown agency.