He was born in New Westminster, British Columbia in 1930, the son of Johannes Jacobsen and Elida Ericsen, and was educated in Mission.[1] In 1977, he married Launi Gay Loveday and has two children, Tore Jacobsen(1979) and Heidi Jacobsen(1981). He was mayor of Maple Ridge from 1976 to 1981. Jacobsen served in the provincial cabinet as Minister of Labour and Consumer Services (1989 to 1990) and as Minister of Social Services and Housing (1990 to 1991 and then again for a second stint later in 1991).[1] He ran for the leadership of the Social Credit Party in 1991.[2] He died on April 17, 2019, his 89th birthday.[3]
References
^ abFlanagan, Kathryn M; Miller, Katherine J (Spring 1991). Canadian Parliamentary Guide.
^"Looking Back". Langley Advance. July 26, 2011. Archived from the original on September 9, 2012. Retrieved 2012-02-23.