Francis Lawrence “Bud” Jobin (1914-1995)

MLA (1950-1953), MLA (1954-1957), MLA (1958-1959), Lieutenant-Governor of Manitoba (1976-1981).

Born in Winnipeg on 14 August 1914, he was educated at St. Paul’s College (Winnipeg), Campion College (Regina), and the University of Manitoba. Arriving in Flin Flon in 1935, Jobin found employment with Hudson Bay Mining and Smelting as a labourer, miner, and surveyor before moving to the company’s purchasing deparment. He was one of the organizers of the first union in Flin Flon, preceding the United Steelworkers of America.

Jobin was elected as a member of the Manitoba Legislature, from 1949 to 1959, during which he served as Minister of Industry and Commerce from 1956 to 1958. He ran unsuccessfully for Parliament in 1962, was a member of the Flin Flon municipal council from 1966 to 1974 and was Mayor of Flin Flon from 1974 to 1976. He was founding President of the Flin Flon Trout Festival. In 1970, he was awarded a Manitoba Centennial Medal by the Manitoba Historical Society.

Jobin died at Winnipeg on 25 August 1995.

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Profile revised: 31 October 2009

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