Stanley Jack Froese is a Canadian politician who served as
mayor
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of the
Township of Langley
The Township of Langley is a district municipality immediately east of the City of Surrey in southwestern British Columbia, Canada. It extends south from the Fraser River to the Canada–United States border, and west of the City of Abbotsford. ...
,
British Columbia
British Columbia (commonly abbreviated as BC) is the westernmost province of Canada, situated between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains. It has a diverse geography, with rugged landscapes that include rocky coastlines, sandy beaches, ...
, Canada from 2011 to 2022.
Early life
Jack Froese attended
Abbotsford Senior Secondary School
Abbotsford Senior Secondary School is a public high school in Abbotsford, British Columbia, part of School District 34 Abbotsford.
History
Abbotsford Secondary School was established in 1952, when Abbotsford was a village. The school name was ch ...
, graduating in 1972. Froese moved to Langley in 1979, where he purchased a farm and operated a turkey farm called JD Farms Specialty Turkey. Froese also worked as a police officer in the
Vancouver Police Department
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, retiring in 2004.
Mayor of Langley
Jack Froese was first elected mayor in 2011, defeating incumbent mayor, Rick Green. Froese was then re-elected in 2014 and 2018, and is currently serving his third term as mayor. During 2012, Froese was awarded the
Diamond Jubilee medal. On January 9, 2020, his wife, Debbie, passed away due to cancer at the age of 66.
Froese is currently serving as the Vice-Chair of the Mayors' Council on the
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board. In July 2018, he voted to approve a
Skytrain extension from
King George Station
King George is an elevated station on the Expo Line of Metro Vancouver's SkyTrain rapid transit system. The station is located in the south end of the Surrey City Centre district of Surrey, British Columbia, Canada, and is one of the outboun ...
in
Surrey
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to
Langley City
The City of Langley, commonly referred to as Langley City, or just Langley, is a municipality in the Metro Vancouver Regional District in British Columbia, Canada. It lies directly east of Surrey, adjacent to the Cloverdale area, and is surrou ...
. On October 2, 2019, he voted to replace the
Massey Tunnel with a new, 8-lane tunnel.
During Froese's term as mayor, Froese spent $7.7 million on the expansion of the
Langley Events Centre
The Langley Events Centre is a multipurpose facility in the Township of Langley, British Columbia, Canada. The LEC debuted in April 2009, hosting the 2009 BC Gymnastics Championships. It boasts an arena bowl with a 5,276 capacity for sports, in ...
. He also pledged $27 million in funding for widening a stretch of the
Trans-Canada Highway
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from Langley to
Aldergrove, which was known for congestion and crashes.
On April 11, 2022, Froese announced that he would not seek re-election in
that year's municipal election and his retirement from politics.
References
External links
Mayor Jack Froese
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Living people
Mayors of places in British Columbia
Year of birth missing (living people)
21st-century Canadian politicians