Editing Jack Penner

{{Short description|Canadian farmer and politician}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{BLP sources|date=August 2010}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name                = Jack Penner
| honorific-suffix    = {{post-nominals|country=CAN|MLAMB|size=100%}}
| predecessor         = [[Albert Driedger]]
| successor           = [[Cliff Graydon]]
| party               = [[Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba]]
| occupation          = Farmer
| office              = Member of the [[Legislative Assembly of Manitoba]] for [[Emerson (electoral district)|Emerson]]
| termstart           = September 11, 1990
| termend             = May 22, 2007
| office1             = Member of the [[Legislative Assembly of Manitoba]] for [[Rhineland (electoral district)|Rhineland]]
| termstart1          = April 26, 1988
| termend1            = September 11, 1990
| predecessor1        = [[Arnold Brown (politician)|Arnold Brown]]
| successor1          = riding abolished
| image               = 
| birth_place         = Halbstadt, Manitoba
}}

'''Jack Penner''' is a farmer and former politician in [[Manitoba]], Canada.  He was a member of the [[Legislative Assembly of Manitoba]] from 1988 to 2007, and served in the cabinet of [[Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba|Progressive Conservative]] [[Premier]] [[Gary Filmon]].<ref name=living>{{cite web |url=https://www.gov.mb.ca/legislature/members/mla_bio_living.html#m |title=MLA Biographies - Living |publisher=Legislative Assembly of Manitoba}}</ref>

== Life and career ==
The son of Diedrich A. Penner, he was born in [[Halbstadt, Manitoba]], and worked as a farmer both before and after entering politics.<ref name="ohandley" /> He has served as President of the [[Keystone Agricultural Producers]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=2RoyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=YKgFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1673,4535308&dq=manitoba+jack-penner&hl=en|title=Farmers Not Far From Violent Acts Official Says|date=20 May 1986|work=[[The Gazette (Montreal)|The Gazette]]|publisher=[[The Canadian Press|CP]]|page=A9|accessdate=12 August 2010}}</ref> the Rhineland Pioneer Centre, and the Rhineland Agricultural Society along with other related organizations.  Penner also worked for West Park Motors in [[Altona, Manitoba|Altona]] for 12 years.<ref name="ohandley">{{cite book |title=Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1998-1999 |last=O'Handley |first=Kathryn |ISBN=0-7876-3558-8}}</ref>

Penner was first elected to the Manitoba legislature in the [[1988 Manitoba general election|1988 general election]], in the rural riding of [[Rhineland (Manitoba riding)|Rhineland]] in the province's southeastern region.<ref name="living" />  He received 5,166 votes, against 1,059 for his closest opponent, [[Manitoba Liberal Party|Liberal]] [[Walter Hebert]]. Penner was subsequently returned for the riding of [[Emerson (Manitoba riding)|Emerson]] in the provincial elections of [[1990 Manitoba general election|1990]], [[1995 Manitoba general election|1995]], [[1999 Manitoba general election|1999]] and [[2003 Manitoba general election|2003]], each time by a significant margin.<ref name="living" />  He reportedly considered running for the federal [[Progressive Conservative Party of Canada|Progressive Conservative Party]] in 1996, but ultimately declined.

When Gary Filmon was sworn in as Premier on May 9, 1988, he made Penner his [[Department of Natural Resources (Manitoba)|Minister of Natural Resources]], with responsibility for the [[Natural Resources Development Act (Manitoba ministry)|Natural Resources Development Act]]. On April 21, 1989, he was shifted to the [[Minister of Rural Development (Manitoba)|Ministry of Rural Development]]. Penner was dropped from cabinet on February 5, 1991, and was not re-appointed thereafter.<ref name="living" />

Penner was an active spokesman for farmers affected by the [[Bovine spongiform encephalopathy|BSE]] crisis, which kept the United States closed to Canadian beef. On May 19, 2004, he was the leading Progressive Conservative spokesman for an all-party parliamentary resolution on the issue.

He did not seek re-election in 2007.<ref name=living/>

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