Jane Groenewegen

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Jane Groenewegen
Member of the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories
In office October 16, 1995 – December 6, 1999
Preceded by	John Pollard
Constituency	Hay River
Incumbent
Assumed office December 6, 1999
Constituency	Hay River South
Personal details
Born	November 8, 1956 Exeter, Ontario
Political party	non-partisan consensus government

Jane Mary "Ostler" Groenewegen (November 8, 1956 in Exeter, Ontario, Canada) is a territorial level politician from northern Canada and a current member of the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories.

Political career

Groenewegen was first elected to a seat in the Northwest Territories Legislature in the 1995 Northwest Territories general election. She was returned by acclamation in the 1999 Northwest Territories general election. She was appointed to the cabinet by Premier Stephen Kakfwi and she served as Deputy Premier Minister of Health and Social Services, Minister Responsible for Seniors, Persons with Disabilities and the Status of Women.

Groenewegen was elected to a third term in the 2003 Northwest Territories general election. She was not re-appointed to the cabinet and was elected Deputy Speaker. She was elected to a fourth term in the 2007 Northwest Territories general election. Her son Jeff Groenewegen also ran in that election in the electoral district of Frame Lake, but was not elected.^[1] Jane was re-elected to a fifth term in the 2011 Northwest Territories general election.

References

↑ "NWT Votes 2007 Hay River South Profile". CBC News. Retrieved 2007-09-20.

External links

Jane Groenewegen Legislature biography

v t e Current members of the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories

B. McLeod Abernethy Beaulieu Bisaro Blake Bouchard Bromley Dolynny Groenewegen Hawkins Jacobson Lafferty R. McLeod Menicoche Moses Nadli Miltenberger Ramsay Yakeleya

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Name	Groenewegen
Alternative names
Short description	Canadian politician
Date of birth	November 8, 1956
Place of birth	Exeter, Ontario
Date of death
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