Jack Murta
Politician
1943 –
Who is Jack Murta?
Jack Burnett Murta, PC is a former Canadian politician.
Born in Carman, Manitoba, the son of John James Murta and Jean Murta, he graduated from the Diploma course in Agriculture at the University of Manitoba in 1964.
In 1970, he was elected to the Canadian House of Commons 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 from 1984 to 1985 and Minister of State from 1985 to 1986.
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- Born
- May 13, 1943
Carman - Nationality
- Canada
- Education
- University of Manitoba
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on July 23, 2013
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