James Chabot

{{Short description|Canadian politician (1927–1989)}} {{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder | image = | name = Jim Chabot | caption = | birth_date ={{birth date|1927|5|8}} | birth_place =Farnham, Quebec | death_date ={{death date and age|1989|10|9|1927|5|8}} | death_place =Invermere, British Columbia | death_cause = Heart Attack | constituency_AM1 = Columbia River<br><small>Columbia (1963-1966)</small> | assembly1 = British Columbia Legislative | term_start1 = September 30, 1963 | term_end1 = October 22, 1986 | predecessor1 = Frank Greenwood | successor1 = Duane Crandall | party = Social Credit | occupation = }}

'''James Roland "Jim" Chabot''' (May 8, 1927 – October 9, 1989) was a Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada for the riding of Columbia and its successor Columbia River from 1963 to 1986.<ref>[http://www.cbc.ca/bcvotes2005/riding/013/ CBC.ca - Canada Votes], Columbia River-Revelstoke riding]</ref><ref name="quesnel"/><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.columbiavalleypioneer.com/?p=10578 |title=Former MLA Chabot's legacy goes beyond lakefront park |access-date=2017-03-16 |archive-date=2017-03-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170316210135/http://www.columbiavalleypioneer.com/?p=10578 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

He was born in Farnham, Quebec, and moved to British Columbia during the 1950s. He was employed as a railway supervisor.<ref name="quesnel"/> In 1973, he ran unsuccessfully for the leadership of the Social Credit party.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=YJtlAAAAIBAJ&pg=6825,2812535 |title=Six Socreds in the corridor |last=Nichols |first=Marjorie |newspaper=Vancouver Sun |page=6 |date=November 22, 1973 |accessdate=2012-02-04}}</ref> Chabot served in the provincial cabinet as Minister of Labour, Minister of Mines and Petroleum Resources, Minister of Lands, Parks and Housing, and Provincial Secretary and Minister of Government Services. He did not run for reelection in 1986. Chabot died at home in Invermere at the age of 62.<ref name="quesnel">{{cite news |url=http://observer.quesnelmuseum.ca/CaribooObserverDocs/1989/19891025_Cariboo%20Observer-1.pdf |title=Around B.C. |page=3 |newspaper=Quesnel Cariboo Observer |date=October 25, 1989 |accessdate=2012-01-22 }}{{Dead link|date=January 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

James Chabot Provincial Park on Windermere Lake in the Columbia Valley region, which was part of his riding, is named for him.

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