Jack Weisgerber
| Jack Weisgerber | |
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| Member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly for Peace River South |
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In office October 22, 1986 – May 16, 2001 |
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| Preceded by | Donald M. Phillips |
| Succeeded by | Blair Lekstrom |
| Minister of State for Nechako and Northeast | |
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In office July 6, 1988 – November 1, 1989 |
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| Premier | Bill Vander Zalm |
| Minister of Native Affairs | |
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In office July 6, 1988 – April 2, 1991 |
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| Premier | Bill Vander Zalm |
| Succeeded by | John Lawrence Savage |
| Minister of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources | |
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In office April 15, 1991 – November 5, 1991 |
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| Premier | Rita Johnston |
| Preceded by | Jack Davis |
| Succeeded by | Anne Edwards |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
June 12, 1940 Barrhead, Alberta |
| Political party |
BC Reform Social Credit |
| Spouse(s) | Judith Weisgerber |
| Residence | Nanaimo, British Columbia |
John Sylvester Weisgerber (born June 12, 1940) is a Canadian politician and businessman. He is a former member of the Legislative Assembly in British Columbia. During his political career he was briefly the leader of the British Columbia Social Credit Party and the Reform Party of British Columbia. After leaving politics, he was appointed to the board of BC Hydro in 2001, and serves as a member of the British Columbia Treaty Commission.
Weisgerber was first elected to the British Columbia legislature in 1986 as a Social Credit Party of British Columbia candidate for Peace River South. He served in the Social Credit government in several posts including Minister of State for the Northeast and Nechako, Minister of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources, and as British Columbia's first Minister of Native Affairs.
When Social Credit was soundly defeated in the 1991 election, Weisgerber was one of only seven Socred candidates to win re-election. Weisgerber became interim leader of the party.
In 1994, after failed attempts to revive the party, Weisgerber became one of four Social Credit members of the legislature to switch allegiances, joining the fledgling Reform Party of British Columbia. BC Reform, as it was known, espoused similar policies to the Reform Party of Canada, but was a separate entity.
Weisgerber ran for the BC Reform leadership and was elected party leader in late 1994. Through 1995 and in the months before the 1996 election, Weisgerber faced challenges by some members of his party from southern Vancouver Island.
In the May 1996 election, the BC Reform Party won nine percent of the popular vote and two seats in the legislature, one of which was Weisgerber's in Peace River South. However, the party failed to win the four seats required for official party status in the British Columbia legislature. A split in the centre-right vote between Weisgerber's BC Reform Party and Gordon Campbell's Liberals is cited as a factor for the New Democratic Party winning the 1996 BC election.
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