Jack Bigg

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Frederick Johnstone (Jack) Bigg
Member of the Canadian House of Commons
In office
1958–1968
Preceded by Joseph Miville Dechene
Succeeded by Paul Yewchuk
Constituency Athabaska
In office
1968–1972
Preceded by New district
Succeeded by Daniel Hollands
Constituency Pembina
Personal details
Born May 26, 1912
Meskanaw, Saskatchewan
Died April 16, 1975(1975-04-16) (aged 62)
Nationality Canadian
Political party Progressive Conservative
Occupation RCMP officer, lawyer

Frederick Johnstone "Jack" Bigg (May 26, 1912 – April 16, 1975) was a police officer who had obtained the rank of sergeant in the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. He was also a lawyer, and served as a Canadian federal politician from 1958 to 1972.

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Political career

Bigg first ran for a seat in the House of Commons of Canada in the 1958 federal election. He defeated three other candidates to win the Athabaska electoral district. Bigg ran for re-election in the 1962 federal election, once again he defeated three other candidates in a closely contested race to win a second term in office.

Athabaska was a federal electoral district Alberta, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1925 to 1968.

Parliament was dissolved a year later after the minority government fell forcing the 1963 federal election. Bigg ran for a third term in office and was returned in a landslide defeating two former Alberta MLAs Richard Hall and Peter Chaba and another candidate. [1]

Richard Edward Hall was a theatre owner and provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1955 to 1959 sitting with the Liberal caucus in opposition.

Peter Chaba was a provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1948 to 1955, sitting with the Social Credit caucus in government.

Bigg stood for a fourth term and was re-elected in yet another landslide in the 1965 federal election. Bigg then ran in the new Pembina electoral district in the 1968 federal election. He won the largest plurality of his career and was re-elected to his fifth and final term in office. He retired in 1972.

Pembina was a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1968 to 1988.

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References

  1. ↑ "Athabaska election results". Parliament of Canada. April 8, 1963. Retrieved September 14, 2010.


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