Wayne Jacques is a former provincial level politician from

Alberta Alberta ( ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is part of Western Canada and is one of the three prairie provinces. Alberta is bordered by British Columbia to the west, Saskatchewan to the east, the Northwest Ter ...

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. He served as a member of the

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from 1993 to 2001.

Political career

Jacques was elected to the Alberta Legislature in the

1993 Alberta general election The 1993 Alberta general election was held on June 15, 1993, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. The Conservative government was re-elected, taking 51 seats out of 83 (61 percent of the seats) but only having support of 45 per ...

. He won a closely contested three-way election finishing 500 votes higher than second place Dwight Logan, a candidate for the Liberals. He won his second term in office with a more decisive margin defeating two other candidates in the

1997 Alberta general election The 1997 Alberta general election was held on March 11, 1997, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. Ralph Klein's Conservatives were re-elected, with increased number of seats in the Legislature. Liberal Official Opposition los ...

. On October 2, 2000, Jacques and

Grande Prairie Smoky Grande Prairie-Smoky was a provinces and territories of Canada, provincial electoral district (Canada), electoral district in Alberta, Canada, mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using first-past-the-post bal ...

MLA

Walter Paszkowski Walter Joseph Paszkowski, , (born April 23, 1934) is a Canadian former farmer as well as a municipal and provincial level politician. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1989 until 2001. Early life Born in Sexsmith, ...

jointly announced a 1.2 million dollar centennial grant to upgrade the Grande Prairie Museum. He retired from provincial politics at dissolution of the Legislature in 2001.

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Legislative Assembly of Alberta Members Listing
Living people Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta MLAs Year of birth missing (living people) {{Alberta-politician-stub