13 Facts About Broyce Jacobs

Broyce G Jacobs was a Canadian politician who was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta representing the constituency of Cardston-Taber-Warner as a Progressive Conservative.

Broyce Jacobs graduated with a degree in business management from Brigham Young University in 1967, focusing on banking and financing with minors in economics and accounting.

Broyce Jacobs ran in the electoral district of Cardston, mounting a strong challenge to incumbent John Thompson but was unable to defeat him.

Broyce Jacobs ran for the Progressive Conservative nomination in a convention held on February 12,1986, in the town of Magrath.

Broyce Jacobs was defeated by Jack Ady who would go on to win the district.

Broyce Jacobs sat on the Private Bills Committee, the Public Accounts Committee and the Standing Committee on Public Safety and Services.

On September 16,2009, Broyce Jacobs was named Parliamentary Assistant for Agriculture and Rural Development.

Broyce Jacobs first entered provincial politics in 2001 Alberta general election, during that term he chaired the Health Information Act Review Committee and sat on several other committees.

Broyce Jacobs regained his seat in the Legislature in 2008, with a 38-vote margin over Hinman, leader of the Wildrose Alliance Party, shutting the party out of the Legislature in an election where the Progressive Conservatives took 72 of the 83 seats provincewide.

Broyce Jacobs was a director of the Alberta Association of Municipal Districts and Counties for four years and president of the Foothills-Little Bow association, which represents the 11 municipal districts and counties in southern Alberta.

Broyce Jacobs lived with his wife Linda in Mountain View, Alberta, where they operated a cattle ranch with their son Troy.

Broyce Jacobs had coached basketball and baseball and served on the local recreation board.

Broyce Jacobs died on March 14,2025, at the age of 84.