Jake Josvanger
{{short description|Canadian politician}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox officeholder
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| name = Jake H. Josvanger
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1908|12|22}}
| birth_place = Dilke, Saskatchewan{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QG9LAAAAMAAJ&q=%22josvanger,+jake%22+Dilke|title=Guide Parlementaire Canadien|year=1958}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|1966|6|30|1908|12|22}}
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| office = Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta
| constituency = Bonnyville
| term_start = June 29, 1955
| term_end = June 18, 1959
| predecessor = Laudas Joly
| successor = Karl Nordstrom
| party = Liberal
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| occupation = politician
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Jake H. Josvanger (December 22, 1908 – June 30, 1966) was a former provincial and municipal level 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. He was also a municipal councilor for the Municipal District of Bonnyville No. 87.
Political career
Josvanger ran for a seat to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta in the provincial election as a candidate for the Liberals. He won the Bonnyville electoral district defeating two other candidates with just over 50% of the popular vote.{{cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/maps_choice.php?Year=1955&Constit=Bonnyville| title=Bonnyville results 1955| publisher=Alberta Heritage Community Foundation | accessdate=April 22, 2010}}
He was elected later that year as a municipal councilor for the Municipal District of Bonnyville No. 87 in the first election held after its creation in 1955.{{cite web|url=http://cnc.virtuelle.ca/bonnyville/english/histoire/croissance.html|title=Municipal District|publisher=The Historical Museum of Bonnyville|author=William Slawuta|accessdate=July 4, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071005172303/http://cnc.virtuelle.ca/bonnyville/english/histoire/croissance.html|archive-date=October 5, 2007|url-status=dead}} Josvanger would serve both political posts.
Josvanger ran for a second term in provincial office in the 1959 Alberta general election. He was defeated by Social Credit candidate Karl Nordstrom, finishing second in the three way race.{{cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/maps_choice.php?Year=1959&Constit=Bonnyville| title=Bonnyville results 1959| publisher=Alberta Heritage Community Foundation | accessdate=April 22, 2010}}
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070930024650/http://www.assembly.ab.ca/legislaturecentennial/pdf/membersBooklet.pdf Legislative Assembly of Alberta Members Listing]
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Category:Alberta Liberal Party MLAs
Category:Alberta municipal councillors
Category:Place of death missing
Category:20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta