Jack Joseph Kempf (May 12, 1935 - July 1, 2003) was a business owner and politician in

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, ...

. He represented Omineca in the

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from 1975 to 1991 as a

Social Credit Social credit is a distributive philosophy of political economy developed by C. H. Douglas. Douglas attributed economic downturns to discrepancies between the cost of goods and the compensation of the workers who made them. To combat what he ...

member. He was born in

Kelowna Kelowna ( ) is a city on Okanagan Lake in the Okanagan Valley in the southern interior of British Columbia, Canada. It serves as the head office of the Regional District of Central Okanagan. The name Kelowna derives from the Okanagan word ''ki� ...

, the son of Steve Kempf and Katherine Klein. Kempf was a motel and restaurant owner. He served on the municipal council for

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and also served as mayor. Kempf served in the provincial cabinet, first as Minister of Lands, Parks and Housing, and then as Minister of Forests and Lands. Kempf died in

Loreto, Baja California Sur Loreto is a city and municipal seat of Loreto Municipality, Baja California Sur, on the West Coast of Mexico. Located on the Gulf of California, the city had a population of 20,385 inhabitants in 2019. Loreto is a regional economic and cultural ...

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, where he had lived in retirement.

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1935 births 2003 deaths British Columbia municipal councillors British Columbia Social Credit Party MLAs Businesspeople from British Columbia Canadian hoteliers Canadian restaurateurs Mayors of places in British Columbia Members of the Executive Council of British Columbia People from Kelowna People from Loreto Municipality, Baja California Sur 20th-century Canadian politicians {{BritishColumbia-MLA-stub