Jack Murta
Jack Burnett Murta, PC (born May 13, 1943) is a former Canadian politician.
Jack Burnett Murta | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Lisgar | |
| In office 1970–1988 | |
| Preceded by | George Muir |
| Succeeded by | District was abolished in 1987 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | May 13, 1943 Carman, Manitoba, Canada |
| Political party | Progressive Conservative |
| Cabinet | Minister of State (Multiculturalism) (1984-1985) Minister of State (Tourism) (1985-1986) |
| Portfolio | Parliamentary Secretary to the President of the Treasury Board (1979) |
Born in Carman, Manitoba, the son of John James Murta and Jean (Burnett) Murta, he graduated from the Diploma course in Agriculture at the University of Manitoba in 1964.
In 1970, he was elected to the House of Commons of Canada as a Progressive Conservative in a by-election for the riding of Lisgar following the death of the previous incumbent, George Muir. He was re-elected in 1972, 1974, 1979, 1980, and 1984.
He was Parliamentary Secretary to the President of the Treasury Board in the short lived government of Joe Clark in 1979. In the Brian Mulroney government he was Minister of State (Multiculturalism) from 1984 to 1985 and Minister of State (Tourism) from 1985 to 1986.
| By-election on 16 November 1970 | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Progressive Conservative | Jack Murta | 11,222 | |||
| Liberal | Ken R. Hanssen | 4,444 | |||
| New Democratic | Garry Enns | 1,814 | |||
| Social Credit | John L. Harms | 1,730 | |||
| Independent | George G. Elias | 377 | |||
| 1972 Canadian federal election: Lisgar | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Jack Murta | 17,253 | ||||||
| Liberal | Richard Spink Bowles | 4,469 | ||||||
| New Democratic | John M. Bucklaschuk | 1,627 | ||||||
| Social Credit | John L. Harms | 943 | ||||||
| 1974 Canadian federal election: Lisgar | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Jack Murta | 16,465 | ||||||
| Liberal | Norm Dashevsky | 4,414 | ||||||
| New Democratic | Frank Froese | 1,278 | ||||||
| Social Credit | Jacob Froese | 1,164 | ||||||
| 1979 Canadian federal election: Lisgar | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Jack Murta | 21,366 | ||||||
| Liberal | Peter Cole | 6,201 | ||||||
| New Democratic | Keith W.D. Poulson | 2,920 | ||||||
| 1980 Canadian federal election: Lisgar | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Peter Cole | 7,016 | ||||||
| New Democratic | Herman Rempel | 3,353 | ||||||
| Not affiliated | George G. Elias | 396 | ||||||
| 1984 Canadian federal election: Lisgar | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Jack Murta | 15,557 | ||||||
| Confederation of Regions | James S. Fallis | 8,976 | ||||||
| Liberal | Anne-Marie McEarcern | 4,423 | ||||||
| New Democratic | Peter Hiebert | 2,052 | ||||||
| Rhinoceros | Uncle Bill Harrison | 437 | ||||||
References
- "Jack Burnett Murta". University of Manitoba. Archived from the original on 9 March 2005. Retrieved 20 March 2005.
- Jack Murta – Parliament of Canada biography