Patricia Jordan

{{Short description|Canadian politician and registered nurse (1930–1997)}} {{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder | image = | name = Patricia Jordan | caption = | birth_name = Patricia Jane Laidman | birth_date = {{birth date|1930|12|7}} | birth_place = Vernon, British Columbia, Canada | death_date = {{death date and age|1997|2|24|1930|12|7}} | death_place = Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada | constituency_AM1 = Okanagan North<br><small>North Okanagan (1966–1979)</small> | assembly1 = British Columbia Legislative | term_start1 = September 12, 1966 | term_end1 = May 5, 1983 | predecessor1 = George William McLeod | successor1 = Donald James Campbell | party = Social Credit | occupation = Nurse | spouse = Laurance T. Jordan }}

'''Patricia Jane Jordan''' (née '''Laidman''', December 7, 1930 – February 24, 1997) was a Canadian registered nurse and politician in British Columbia. She represented North Okanagan in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1966 to 1983 as a Social Credit member.

==Biography== Patricia Jane Laidman was born in Vernon, British Columbia on December 7, 1930,<ref name="normandin"/> the daughter of John William Laidman and Eva Maud Wiseman. She was educated in Vernon, at the University of British Columbia and at the Vancouver General Hospital School of Nursing. In 1954, she married Dr. Laurance T. Jordan. She served in the provincial cabinet as a minister without portfolio<ref name="normandin">{{cite book |title=Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1978 |last=Normandin |first=P G |year=1978}}</ref> and as Minister of Tourism. Jordan retired from politics in 1983.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=JWs_AAAAIBAJ&pg=3157,1880714 |title=British Columbia shuffles cabinet |date=August 21, 1982 |page=12 |accessdate=2012-02-09}}</ref> Jordan died in Kelowna, British Columbia on February 24, 1997, at the age of 66.<ref>{{cite news |title=Patricia Jane Jordan |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/495747986/?article=4e6893fd-eec1-49e2-ac7d-d6b55a89fde6&terms=Patricia%20Jordan |access-date=26 December 2023 |publisher=The Vancouver Sun |date=26 February 1997 |pages=21}}</ref>

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