Staff Barootes, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Canadian politician
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Place of Birth: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
About Staff Barootes
- Efstathios William (Staff) Barootes (November 15, 1918 – July 30, 2000) was a Canadian physician, urologist, and parliamentarian. Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, of Greek immigrants, he moved with his family to Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
- He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1940 and a medical degree in 1943 from the University of Toronto.
- He then served with the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps during World War II.
- After the war, he did postgraduate work in urology.
- He then moved to Regina, Saskatchewan, where he practiced until he retired in 1979. After retiring, he focused on politics.
- He was the chief fund raiser for the Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan and helped form the government in Saskatchewan in 1979.
- In 1984, he was one of the first three appointments made Prime Minister Brian Mulroney to the Senate.
- He represented the Senatorial division of Regina-Qu'Appelle, Saskatchewan and resigned shortly before his 75th birthday in 1993. He served as treasurer and deputy president of the Canadian Medical Association.
- He was a director of IPSCO, the Canadian steel company, from 1982 to 1989.
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