Robin Jorgenson

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Robin Daniel Jorgenson
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta
In office
July 8, 1944 –May 23, 1967
Preceded by George MacLachlan
Succeeded by Carl Muller
Constituency Pembina
Minister of Public Welfare
In office
January 5, 1954 –October 15, 1962
Premier Ernest Manning
Preceded by Leonard Halmrast
Succeeded by Leonard Halmrast
Personal details
Born(1894-02-28)February 28, 1894
Sleepy Eye, Minnesota [1]
Died February 14, 1987(1987-02-14) (aged 92)
Political party Social Credit
Occupation politician

Robin Daniel "Bob" Jorgenson (March 28, 1894 – February 14, 1987) was a politician from Alberta, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1944 to 1967 as a member of the Social Credit caucus in government. He served as a cabinet minister in the government of Premier Ernest Manning from 1954 to 1962.

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Political career

Jorgenson first ran for a seat to the Alberta Legislature in the 1944 general election. He stood as the Social Credit candidate in the electoral district of Pembina. He defeated independent incumbent George MacLachlan by a landslide to pick up the seat for his party. [2]

George MacLachlan was a provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. He was born in Glasgow, Scotland.

In the 1948 general election Jorgenson increased his popular vote and was returned with a much bigger landslide over two other candidates. [3]

In the 1952 Alberta general election Jorgenson defeated two other candidates with a smaller majority than he obtained in the 1948 general election. [4]

On January 5, 1954 Jorgenson was appointed Minister of Public Welfare by Premier Ernest Manning. In the 1955 general election, Jorgenson defeated Liberal candidate George Schultz and another candidate with just over half the popular vote. [5]

Ernest Manning Canadian politician

Ernest Charles Manning,, a Canadian politician, was the eighth premier of Alberta between 1943 and 1968 for the Social Credit Party of Alberta. He served longer than any other premier in the province's history and was the second longest serving provincial premier in Canadian history. He was also the only member of the Social Credit Party of Canada to sit in the Senate and, with the party shut out of the House of Commons in 1980, was its very last representative in Parliament.

In the 1959 general election Jorgenson won a three-way race with the largest share of the popular vote of his career. [6]

Jorgenson was dropped from cabinet in a shuffle on October 15, 1962. In the 1963 general election he won a large majority over four other candidates. [7]

Jorgenson retired from provincial politics at dissolution of the assembly in 1967.

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References

  1. ↑ Normandin, P.G.; Normandin, A.L. (1946). Guide Parlementaire Canadien. P.G. Normandin. ISSN   0315-6168 . Retrieved September 14, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Pembina results 1944". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved April 19, 2010.
  3. ↑ "Pembina results 1948". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved April 19, 2010.
  4. ↑ "Pembina results 1952". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved April 19, 2010.
  5. ↑ "Pembina results 1955". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved April 19, 2010.
  6. ↑ "Pembina results 1959". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved April 19, 2010.
  7. ↑ "Pembina results 1963". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved April 19, 2010.
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