Norman Jacobsen

For Australian rugby league footballer, see Norm Jacobson.

Johann Alvin Norman "Norm" Jacobsen (born April 17, 1930)[1] was a logging company owner and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Dewdney in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1986 to 1991 as a Social Credit member.

He was born in New Westminister, British Columbia, the son of Johannes Jacobsen and Elida Ericsen, and was educated in Mission. In 1977, he married Launi Gay Loveday and has two children, Tore Jacobsen(1979) and Heidi Jacobsen(1981). He was mayor of Maple Ridge from 1976 to 1981. Jacobsen served in the provincial cabinet as Minister of Labour and Consumer Services and as Minister of Social Services and Housing.[1] He ran for the leadership of the Social Credit Party in 1991.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Flanagan, Kathryn M; Miller, Katherine J (Spring 1991). Canadian Parliamentary Guide.
  2. ↑ "Looking Back". Langley Advance. July 26, 2011. Retrieved 2012-02-23.
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