- Jane Groenewegen
Infobox_Politician
name = Jane Groenewegen
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birth_date =November 8 ,1956
birth_place = Exeter,Ontario
residence =
office1 = MLA for Hay River
term_start1 = 1995
term_end1 = 1999
predecessor1 = John Pollard
successor1 = riding dissolved
office2 = MLA forHay River South
term_start2 = 1999
term_end2 =
predecessor2 = first member
successor2 = incumbent
party = non-partisanconsensus government
religion =
occupation =Jane Mary "Ostler" Groenewegen (born
November 8 ,1956 in Exeter,Ontario ,Canada ) is a territorial level politician from northernCanada and a current member of theLegislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories .__TOC__
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 is currently seeking a fourth term running for re-election in the 2007 Northwest Territories general election. Her son Jeff Groenewegen is also running in that election in the electoral district of
Frame Lake .cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/nwtvotes2007/riding/003/index.html | title= NWT Votes 2007 Hay River South Profile | publisher = CBC News | accessdate = 2007-09-20]References
External links
* [http://www.assembly.gov.nt.ca/members/janegroenewegen.html Jane Groenewegen] , Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories
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