Stanley Jack Froese is a Canadian politician who served as

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of the

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, Canada from 2011 to 2022.

Early life

Jack Froese attended

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, 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

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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

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. 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

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. He also pledged $27 million in funding for widening a stretch of the

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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.

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Mayor Jack Froese
{{DEFAULTSORT:Froese, Jack Living people Mayors of places in British Columbia Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century Canadian politicians