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About Jacob Benson
- Jacob "Jake" Benson (March 13, 1892 – 1987) was an English-born farmer and politician in Saskatchewan.
- He represented Last Mountain in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan from 1929 to 1934 as a Progressive Party member and from 1938 to 1952 as a Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) member. He was born in Calder Bridge, Cumberland, the son of Jacob Benson and Letitia Barwise, and came to Canada with his parents in 1903.
- The family settled on a homestead near Last Mountain Lake.
- Benson studied at the University of Saskatchewan but did not graduate, instead turning to farming.
- In 1918, he married Hilda Ferris.
- He farmed near Semans.
- Benson was defeated when he ran for reelection to the provincial assembly in 1934 as a Farmer-Labour Group candidate.
- The following year, he was defeated when he ran as a CCF candidate in the Yorkton federal riding.
- He returned to the provincial legislature in the 1938 election as a CCF member.
- In 1950, after voting against the government on a number of issues, he left the CCF and sat as an independent in the assembly.
- Benson was defeated by Russell Brown when he ran for reelection as an independent in 1952.
- After leaving politics, he returned to farming, retiring in 1964.
- He then moved to Victoria, British Columbia where he died in 1987.
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