Background
The son of Bertram A. Saint John, he was educated in Portage la Prairie and Winnipeg, and worked as a pharmacist, druggist and small businessman.
The son of Bertram A. Saint John, he was educated in Portage la Prairie and Winnipeg, and worked as a pharmacist, druggist and small businessman.
He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba as a Liberal-Progressive from 1953 to 1958. He was an alderman in the City of Winnipeg from 1944 to 1953, sitting with the conservative Civic Election Committee group. He later played professional ice hockey in Kansas City, Saint Louis and Buffalo.
(He had also played three games for the Kansas City Pla-Mors in the 1930-1931 season, scoring no points)
He was elected to the Manitoba legislature in the 1953 provincial election, finishing third in the four-member constituency of Winnipeg Centre.
He served as a backbench supporter of Douglas Campbell"s government during his time in the legislature, and was known for opposing prison reforms. Manitoba"s electoral map was dramatically redrawn prior to the 1958 election, and Winnipeg"s multi-member constituencies were eliminated.
Saint John ran for re-election in the single-member constituency of Wellington, but finished third against Progressive Conservative Richard Seaborn. Saint John died at home in Winnipeg at the age of 58.