Jake Froese Explained

Jake Froese
Office1:Member of Parliament
Constituency1:Niagara Falls
Term Start1:1979
Term End1:1980
Predecessor1:Roger Young
Successor1:Al MacBain
Office2:Lord Mayor of Niagara-on-the-Lake
Term Start2:1973
Term End2:1978
Predecessor2:Fred Goring
Successor2:Wilbert Dick
Birth Date:September 21, 1925
Death Date:January 16, 2013 (aged 87)
Nationality:Canadian
Party:Progressive Conservative
Children:Tom Froese
Residence:Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario

Jake Froese (September 21, 1925 - January 16, 2013) was a Canadian politician, who served as a Progressive Conservative party member of the House of Commons of Canada in the 31st Canadian Parliament.[1] He represented the Niagara Falls electoral district after winning the seat in the 1979 federal election, but was defeated in the 1980 election by Al MacBain of the Liberal party.

Prior to his election to Parliament, Froese was a longtime municipal politician in Niagara-on-the-Lake, who was first elected to the municipal council in 1968 and later served as the town's Lord Mayor from 1973 to 1978.

His son Tom Froese later served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1995 to 1999.

Archives

There is a Jake Froese fonds at Library and Archives Canada.[2] Archival reference number is R5288.

Notes and References

  1. http://www.niagaraadvance.ca/2013/01/21/family-patriarch-respected-politician-dead-at-87 "Family patriarch, respected politician dead at 87"
  2. Web site: Finding aid to Jake Froese fonds, Library and Archives Canada.