Jake Froese (September 21, 1925 - January 16, 2013) was a

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politician, who served as a Progressive Conservative party member of the

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in the

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."Family patriarch, respected politician dead at 87"
''Niagara Advance'', January 21, 2013. He represented the Niagara Falls electoral district after winning the seat in the 1979 federal election, but was defeated in the 1980 election by Al MacBain of the

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. Prior to his election to Parliament, Froese was a longtime municipal politician in

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, who was first elected to the municipal council in 1968 and later served as the town's

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from 1973 to 1978. His son

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later served in the

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from 1995 to 1999.

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