Laurie Drackett was born on November 20, 1899 in Milton, County of Kent, England to Albert Freeman Drackett and Olive Edith (Stewart-Trevelyan) Drackett. He had one brother Victor. The family came to Canada in 1905, and homesteaded in Thomson’s Lake and City View districts. Later they started Drackett’s Auction Rooms in Moose Jaw. Laurie took over the business in 1923 and called it Laurie Drackett Agencies and Auctioneers.
Laurie was auctioneering at the age of 16. He also farmed in the Archive district. Laurie was an accomplished sportsman and an awarded professional wrestler. He also was a life member of the Moose Jaw Elks Lodge.

Laurie married Eileen Allward and they had two sons, Gordon and Murray. Eileen passed away in 1956.

Laurie Drackett died in February, 1971 at the age of 71. He was survived by his second wife Hazel, his children, and 12 grandchildren.

Richard Dowson was born in Toronto, Ontario. His early schooling took place in Willowdale and Toronto. Although he enjoyed learning, he did not enjoy school and he dropped out at age 15. Dowson travelled west and spent some time working on a 7L7 Ranch before obtaining his high school diploma in Drumheller, Alberta. He moved around western Canada, specifically British Columbia and Alberta, before receiving his Bachelor of Education in History, Economics and Drama and his Master of Education in School Administration from the University of Alberta. Dowson taught for eight years and was a Principal for 20 years in Alberta. During his career in education, he established many innovative programs, such as the statistical analysis of student data, the creation of test questions banks, and the design of an electronic report card. He also acted as a provincial exam marker.

Dowson is involved in many research projects. He has published a number of articles, including an article entitled “Dyslexia—The Least Known, Most Common Learning Disability” in 2004.

He has won two awards for his extensive work in the community. He won the Hilroy Fellowship for developing a community history for rural St. Paul County and the Saddle Lake and Goodfish Lake Indian Reserves. In 1999, Dowson received the Governor General’s Caring Canadian Award by Governor Adrienne Clarkson.

In 2000, Dowson retired as an educator and moved to Edmonton. There he was involved with mountain hiking. In 2006, he moved to Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan and he began renovations on an older home. He is married with two daughters and five grandsons. He currently lives in Moose Jaw.

Frank Dows, the son of Arthur Dows, was born April 2, 1919 in St. Brieux, Saskatchewan. In the fall of 1923, his family moved from the homestead in St. Brieux to Melfort, Saskatchewan, where his father had obtained work with the town. Frank obtained his initial education at Melfort Public School. His first job was at A.B Crookshanks General Store in 1936. Frank later worked at the Grain Growers Co-op in Melfort, Saskatchewan from 1938-1940. He married Cecile on November 7, 1940 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. The marriage was performed by Rev. R.K. Sampson. Frank served in the RCAF in WWII as Corporal (aircraft electrician) from 1942-1945. He later worked in sales at Fisher's Department Store in Lloydminster, Alberta from 1951-1980, and eventually retired to British Columbia. Frank had two children.

Thomas Douglas was born on October 20, 1904 in Falkirk, Scotland. To seek a better climate for their sick son the family moved to Winnipeg in 1910. They returned to Great Britain during the First World War, living there until returning to Winnipeg in 1919. Douglas worked as an apprentice printer at the Grain Trade Publishing Co. and Kingdom Press until 1924. He attended Brandon College graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in 1930, and then enrolled at McMaster University graduating with a Master of Arts in 1933. While enrolled at McMaster he was involved in extra curricular activities and was a gold medallist in debating, dramatics and oratory and was also prominent in boxing. He then undertook postgraduate studies in Social Sciences at the Chicago University. Ordained a Baptist minister in 1930 he moved to Weyburn, Saskatchewan where he served at Calvary Baptist Church till 1935. That same year he was elected to the House of Commons for Weyburn as Co-operative Commonwealth Federation MP and established a notable reputation as a debater.

He was re-elected in 1940, and elected as president of the Saskatchewan C.C.F. party in 1941. Douglas resigned from the House of Commons in 1944, and led his party to victory by a large majority in the provincial general election. He became Premier and Minister of Public Health on July 10, 1944 and in 1949 relinquished this portfolio to become Minister of Co-operation and Co-operative development. His government was returned with large majorities in the general elections of 1948 and 1952. While heading the Department of Public Health he directed a general expansion in all health services, including the establishment of a hospitalization plan, air ambulance, free treatment of cancer and mental illness, and a university hospital and medical school. His government applied the socialist principles of the C.C.F. by expanding previously existing public enterprises (telephones, power), and educational and welfare services, by experiments with new forms of public ownership (insurance, bus transportation, airways, clay and forest products, and sodium sulphate), and by fostering co-operative enterprise, the conservation of natural resources and collective bargaining.

A gifted orator, Douglas popularized the concept of the welfare state, supported by an economy characterized by the co-existence of private, co-operative and public ownership. In 1961 Douglas resigned as Premier to lead the federal New Democratic Party. He was defeated in the 1962 federal election in large part due to the backlash against the Saskatchewan government's introduction of Medicare. Winning a seat in a by-election, Douglas went on to serve as leader of the N.D.P. until 1971 and became the party's Energy critic until his retirement in 1979. He was made Companion of the Order of Canada in 1980. Tommy Douglas died in Ottawa, Ontario in 1986.

A.H. Douglas is identified as having been an engineer in the employ of R.J. Arrand and was involved in the construction of the Broadway Bridge.