James Roland "Jim" Chabot (May 8, 1927 – October 9, 1989) was a

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, Canada for the riding of Columbia and its successor

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from 1963 to 1986. He was born in

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, and moved to British Columbia during the 1950s. He was employed as a railway supervisor. In 1973, he ran unsuccessfully for the leadership of the Social Credit party. Chabot served in the provincial cabinet as Minister of Mines and Petroleum Resources, Minister of Lands, Parks and Housing and Provincial Secretary. He did not run for reelection in 1986. Chabot died at home in

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at the age of 62.

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on Windermere Lake in the

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region, which was part of his riding, is named for him.

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1927 births 1989 deaths British Columbia Social Credit Party MLAs Canadian Pacific Railway people Members of the Executive Council of British Columbia People from Montérégie People from the Regional District of East Kootenay Telegraphists {{BritishColumbia-MLA-stub