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Lieutenant General Stanley Charles "Stan" Waters CD (June 14, 1920 – September 25, 1991) was Canada's first Senator to be appointed to his Senate seat following a non-binding provincial Senate election. ==Early life== Born in Winnipeg and educated at Strathcona High School and the University of Alberta, Waters commissioned into the 14th Army Tank Battalion in 1941.〔(''Canada from afar: the Daily telegraph book of Canadian obituaries'' By David Twiston Davies, Paghe 237 )〕 He was then posted to the First Special Service Force.〔 In 1943, using scaling ropes, Waters led his unit up the sheer cliffs of Monte la Difensa to attack German defences.〔 In February 1944 he landed at Anzio and, due to allied losses, temporarily took command of a battalion.〔 After the war, he rose steadily through the ranks, and ended his career as a Lieutenant-General and Commander of the Canadian Forces Mobile Command (1973–75). In 1975, he joined ''Mannix organization'' at Calgary, becoming president of Loram Group, a subsidiary of the parent company. He was a co-founder of the Bowfort Group of Companies, which engage in farming, real estate and investment operations throughout Western Canada. He held a variety of executive positions until his retirement from business in 1989.
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