Janis Tarchuk

The Honourable Janis Tarchuk ECA
MLA for Banff-Cochrane
In office 1997–2012
Preceded by	Brian Evans
Succeeded by	Ron Casey
Personal details
Born	1955 or 1956 (age 68–69) Guelph, Ontario
Political party	Progressive Conservative
Spouse	Byron
Residence(s)	Banff, Alberta
Alma mater	University of Guelph

Janis Tarchuk ECA is a Canadian politician. She was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, representing the constituency of Banff-Cochrane as a Progressive Conservative.

Early life

Tarchuk has a long history of community involvement. Prior to provincial politics, she chaired and sat on several local health and education boards, and served as an executive member of the Alberta School Boards Association. In addition, she was the director of Jubilee Insurance and a board member of the Alberta Educational Technology and Research Foundation.

Born and raised in Guelph, Ontario, Ms Tarchuk received her bachelor of arts degree in political science from the University of Guelph.

Political career

Tarchuk was first elected on March 11, 1997, and served four terms as the Member of the Legislative Assembly for Banff-Cochrane.

During this time, she chaired several key committees related to economic development, finance, taxation, sustainable development, and health. She also served as Minister of Children and Youth Services and Minister of Children's Services.

Currently Tarchuk is Chair of the Standing Committee on the Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund.

She is also on the board of Alberta Research and Innovation Authority, an Alberta Innovates advisory body that provides strategic advice and recommendations to the Government of Alberta on research opportunities, emerging technologies, and policy direction to enhance innovation.

In addition, she is a member of the Cabinet Policy Committee on Education, the Standing Committee on Education, and the Standing Committee on Privileges and Elections, Standing Orders, and Printing.

Personal life

As a resident of the Bow Valley for over 30 years, her personal interests include skiing, hiking, reading and the many local cultural opportunities. Tarchuk and her husband Byron live in Banff and have two grown children.

Election results

1997 Alberta general election: Banff-Cochrane
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Janis Tarchuk	7,180	61.13%	8.57%
	Liberal	Judy Stewart	3,151	26.83%	-6.73%
	New Democratic	Jeff Eamon	754	6.42%	-1.99%
	Social Credit	Scott Mudford	661	5.63%	–
Total			11,746	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			32	–	–
Eligible electors / turnout			23,646	49.81%	-11.94%
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		7.65%
Source(s) Source: "Banff-Cochrane Official Results 1997 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

2001 Alberta general election: Banff-Cochrane
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Janis Tarchuk	9,418	70.2	9.1
	Liberal	Norman Kent	2,147	16.0	-10.0
	New Democratic	Cathy Harrop	1,311	9.8	3.4
	Independent	Cory Morgan	538	4.0	–
Total			13,414	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			51	–	–
Eligible electors / turnout			27,228	49.5	-0.4
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		10.0
Source(s) Source: "Banff-Cochrane Official Results 2001 Alberta general election" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved June 16, 2020.

2004 Alberta general election: Banff-Cochrane
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Janis Tarchuk	4,238	52.75%	-17.46%
	Liberal	Ian McDougall	1,648	20.51%	4.51%
	Greens	Chris Foote	1,204	14.99%	–
	Alberta Alliance	Bob Argent	477	5.94%	–
	New Democratic	Melissa Cambridge	467	5.81%	-3.96%
Total			8,034	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			65	–	–
Eligible electors / turnout			21,330	37.97%	-11.48%
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-10.98%
Source(s) Source: "Banff-Cochrane Statement of Official Results 2004 Alberta general election" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved June 16, 2020.

2008 Alberta general election: Banff-Cochrane
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Janis Tarchuk	4,727	49.34%	-3.41%
	Liberal	Patricia Robertson	2,753	28.74%	8.22%
	Green	Dan Cunin	1,353	14.12%	-0.87%
	New Democratic	Anne Wilson	575	6.00%	0.19%
	Independent	Zrinko R. Amerl	172	1.80%	–
Total			9,580	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			39	–	–
Eligible electors / turnout			25,778	37.31%	-0.66%
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-5.82%
Source(s) Source: The Report on the March 3, 2008 Provincial General Election of the Twenty-seventh Legislative Assembly. Elections Alberta. July 28, 2008. pp. 358–363.

References

http://www.assembly.ab.ca/net/index.aspx?p=mla_bio&rnumber=45