Broyce G. Jacobs (born July 29, 1940) is a

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politician and was a Member of the

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representing the constituency of

Cardston-Taber-Warner Cardston-Taber-Warner was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada, mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first-past-the-post method of voting from 1996 and 2019. The district was created ...

as a Progressive Conservative.

Early life

Jacobs was born in

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in 1940. He graduated with a degree in business management from

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in 1967, focusing on banking and financing with minors in economics and accounting.

Political career

Jacobs first ran for a seat to the

in the

1979 Alberta general election The 1979 Alberta general election was held on March 14, 1979, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, which had been expanded to 79 seats. The Progressive Conservative Party of Peter Lougheed won its third consecutive term in g ...

as a candidate for

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. He ran in the electoral district of

, mounting a strong challenge to incumbent John Thompson but was unable to defeat him. Jacobs ran for the Progressive Conservative nomination in a convention held on February 12, 1986 in the town of Magrath. He was defeated by Jack Ady who would go on to win the district. In the

2008 Alberta general election The 2008 Alberta general election was held on March 3, 2008, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. It was expected to be called early because the governing Progressive Conservatives held a leadership election on December 2, 20 ...

, Jacobs was elected to his second term, representing

. He currently sits on the Private Bills Committee, the Public Accounts Committee and the Standing Committee on Public Safety and Services. On September 16, 2009, Jacobs was named Parliamentary Assistant for Agriculture and Rural Development. Jacobs first entered provincial politics in 2001 Alberta general election, during that term he chaired the Health Information Act Review Committee and sat on several other committees. In the

2004 Alberta general election The 2004 Alberta general election was held on November 22, 2004 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. The election was called on October 25, 2004. Premier Ralph Klein decided to go to the polls earlier than the legislated dead ...

, Jacobs lost by a 129-vote margin to

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, a then- Alberta Alliance party member. He regained his seat in the Legislature in 2008, with a 38-vote margin over Hinman, leader of the

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, shutting the party out of the Legislature in an election where the Progressive Conservatives took 72 of the 83 seats provincewide. Before entering provincial politics, Jacobs served as a councillor for 18 years in the Municipal District of

. He was a reeve for 17 of those years. As a municipal politician, Jacobs sat on numerous committees and task forces. He was a director of the Alberta Association of Municipal Districts and Counties for four years and president of the Foothills-Little Bow association, which represents the 11 municipal districts and counties in southern Alberta.

Personal life

Jacobs lives with his wife Linda in Mountain View, Alberta, where they operate a cattle ranch with their son Troy. The couple has eight adult children. Jacobs has coached basketball and baseball, and served on the local recreation board.

Election results

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jacobs, Broyce Living people Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta MLAs Brigham Young University alumni Canadian Latter Day Saints 1940 births People from Cardston County 21st-century Canadian politicians