John Jansen (born October 27, 1947) was a Canadian politician. He served in the

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from 1987 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 for the constituency of

Chilliwack Chilliwack ( )( hur, Ts'elxwéyeqw) is a city in the province of British Columbia, Canada. Chilliwack is surrounded by mountains and home to recreational areas such as Cultus Lake and Chilliwack Lake Provincial Parks. There are numerous outdoor ...

. He served in the governments of

Bill Vander Zalm William Nicholas Vander Zalm (born Wilhelmus Nicholaas Theodore Marie van der Zalm; May 29, 1934) is a politician and entrepreneur in British Columbia, Canada. He was the 28th premier of British Columbia from 1986 to 1991. Early life Wilhelmus Ni ...

and

Rita Johnston Rita Margaret Johnston (born April 22, 1935; née Leichert) is a Canadian politician in British Columbia. Johnston became the first female premier in Canadian history when she succeeded Bill Vander Zalm in 1991 to become the 29th premier of Bri ...

, serving as

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in the latter and as

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in the former. He served as Mayor of Chilliwack in the 1980s. He is currently the President of the Chilliwack Hospital Foundation.Board of Directors profiles
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1947 births British Columbia Social Credit Party MLAs Canadian people of Dutch descent Finance ministers of British Columbia Health ministers of British Columbia Living people Mayors of Chilliwack Members of the Executive Council of British Columbia People from Chilliwack {{BritishColumbia-MLA-stub