Louis De Jaeger is a member a
member of the Métis Chilliwack Association of Scottish-Cree ancestry who traces
family lineage to John Norquay the first Métis Premier of Manitoba. Louis is
the federal Liberal candidate for the riding of Chilliwack-Hope.
Experience and Accomplishments:
- - Louis
a businessman who has thirty-give year background working in the hospitality
industry, he is the owner of the Bravo Restaurant and Lounge in Chilliwack.
- - He
has worked with various levels of government including federal, provincial,
municipal and First Nation.
- - He’s
community leadership includes a Board Member for the Stó:lō Community Futures
and Chilliwack Business Improvement Association.
- Louis
achievements include 2011 winner of the Outstanding Achievement BC Aboriginal
Business of the Year; fourth time winner dinning excellence award from the
Chilliwack chamber of Commerce; and sixth time winner of the Vancouver
Playhouse International Wine Festival.
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Riding History
- - Chilliwack-Hope
is a new riding that is compromised from a portion of the larger previous
riding of Chilliwack-Fraser Canyon in the south-west interior of British
Columbia. The riding has an Aboriginal population of 8,355 or 9.5% of total
riding population (2011). The riding
includes several Stó:lō First Nations including Cheam, Skwah, Skowkale,
Tzeachten and Soowahlie First Nations.
- - The
current Member of Parliament for Chilliwack-Fraser Canyon is Conservative Mark
Strahl who is the Parliamentry Secretary to the Minister of Aboriginal Affairs
and Northern Development and sits as a member of the AAND Standing Committee.
He is the son of former Minister Indian Affairs Chuck Strahl. Mark is the
Conservative party candidate for Chilliwack-Hope.
Candidates for Chilliwack-Hope
Mark Strahl, Conservative
Seonaigh MacPherson, NDP
Thomas Cheney, Green Party
Alexander Johnson, Libertarian
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