Janet Koper
{{Short description|Canadian politician (1931–1988)}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| image =
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| name =Janet Shirley Koper
| caption =
| birth_date ={{birth date|1931|7|22}}
| birth_place =Edmonton, Alberta
| death_date={{death date and age|1988|12|18|1931|7|22}}
| residence = Calgary, Alberta
| office = Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta
| term_start = 1982
| term_end = 1988
| constituency = Calgary-Foothills
| predecessor = Stewart McCrae
| successor = Pat Nelson
| party = Progressive Conservative
| religion =
| occupation = educator for 17 years, politician for 5 years
}}
Janet Shirley Koper (July 22, 1931{{cite hansard|url=https://www.assembly.ab.ca/Documents/isysquery/2a5b6c34-8a99-4f32-865a-190228baa372/52/doc/19890217_1500_01_han.pdf |house=Alberta Legislative Assembly |date=February 17, 1989 }}{{dead link|date=April 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} – December 18, 1988) was a provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. She served as a member of the Alberta Legislature from 1982 to 1988 sitting as a member of the governing Progressive Conservative caucus.
Political career
Koper started her career as an educator, principal, and later a superintendent for the Calgary Public School Board. She ran for a seat to the Alberta Legislature for the first time in the 1982 Alberta general election. She won handily defeating four other candidates to hold the Calgary-Foothills electoral district for the governing Progressive Conservative caucus.{{cite web| url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/maps_choice.php?Year=1982&Constit=Calgary-Foothills| title=Calgary-Foothills results 1982| publisher=Alberta Heritage Community Foundation| accessdate=October 4, 2009| archive-url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/2217/20101208200916/http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/maps_choice.php?Year=1982&Constit=Calgary-Foothills| archive-date=December 8, 2010| url-status=dead}} During her term as MLA, Janet sponsored three crucial bills: The Public Health Act, The Child Transportation Safety Act, and the Maintenance Enforcement Act.
She was re-elected with a reduced majority to her second term in the 1986 Alberta general election.{{cite web| url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/maps_choice.php?Year=1986&Constit=Calgary-Foothills| title=Calgary-Foothills results 1986| publisher=Alberta Heritage Community Foundation| accessdate=October 4, 2009| archive-url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/2217/20101208200350/http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/maps_choice.php?Year=1986&Constit=Calgary-Foothills| archive-date=December 8, 2010| url-status=dead}} She died of cancer while still holding office in 1988.{{cite web|title=Janet Koper |author=Ron Gunzburger |url=http://12.41.91.171/Koper-Janet.htm |publisher=Politics1 Canada |accessdate=October 4, 2009 }}{{dead link|date=April 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
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:Politicians from Calgary
Category:Politicians from Edmonton
Category:Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta MLAs
Category:Women MLAs in Alberta
Category:20th-century Canadian women politicians
Category:20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta