James Thomas "Jim" Rabbitt (born May 22, 1941) is a businessman and former politician in

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. He represented

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in the

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from 1986 to 1991 as a

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member. He was born in

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, the son of Patrick J. Rabbitt, and was educated at the

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. In 1961, Rabbitt married Eileen A. Goldie. He was an alderman for Merritt and was mayor from 1980 to 1984. Rabbitt served in the provincial cabinet as Minister of Labour and Consumer Services. He was defeated when he ran for reelection in 1991 as a Social Credit member and again in 1996 as a Liberal, losing to

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each time. In 1988, he chaired a special legislative committee charged with reviewing the distribution of electoral districts in British Columbia. In 1989, he published ''Taking action: a strategy for the management of solid wastes'' as chair of the Municipal Solid Waste Management Task Force.

Electoral history

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