Patricia Jane Jordan (December 7, 1930–February 24 1997) was a registered nurse and political figure in

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. She represented North Okanagan in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1966 to 1982 as a

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member. She was born Patricia Jane Laidman in

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, the daughter of John William Laidman and Eva Maud Wiseman, and was educated in Vernon, at the

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and at the Vancouver General Hospital School of Nursing. In 1954, she married Dr. Laurance T. Jordan. She served in the provincial cabinet as a minister without portfolio and as Minister of Tourism. Jordan retired from politics in 1982.

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