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John Loewen (; born December 21, 1949) is a businessman and politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1999 to 2005 as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party, and campaigned for the Canadian House of Commons in 2006 and 2008 as a Liberal.〔 He is the nephew of Bill and Shirley Loewen, prominent entrepreneurs and philanthropists in Winnipeg.〔 ==Early life and career== Loewen was born in Elkhorn, Manitoba, and raised in Winnipeg. He received a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Manitoba in 1973.〔 Tall and athletic, Loewen was a prominent member of the University of Manitoba Bisons basketball team. He joined the payroll services company Comcheq Services Ltd. (now called Ceridan) in 1973. He later served as company president from 1984 until 1998.〔 In 1993, Loewen oversaw Comcheq's transformation into a subsidiary of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC).〔"CIBC becomes leading supplier of payroll services", ''Canada NewsWire'', 25 January 1993.〕 There were concerns that the Winnipeg company's autonomy would be undermined by the national bank, but the CIBC initially allowed it to remain fairly independent.〔Martin Cash, "Comcheq flourishes on a long leash", ''Winnipeg Free Press'', 11 March 1994.〕 Loewen attempted to reacquire the company in 1998, but was unsuccessful.〔"Leadership hope gone up in smoke", ''Winnipeg Free Press'', 15 February 2002, A4.〕 Loewen has for many years been a prominent figure supporting Manitoba's sports community. He developed a plan to financially support the province's Olympic athletes in the early 1990s, and helped establish the Winnipeg Thunder basketball team in 1992 with future mayor Sam Katz.〔Ashley Prest, "Katz loses some of his thunder", ''Winnipeg Free Press'', 25 March 1994.〕 He has also provided financial assistance to several athletic programs. In 1994, a newspaper columnist in Winnipeg described Comcheq as "probably the most generous private-sector supporter of elite athletes in the province".〔Kelly Taylor, "Share the glory", ''Winnipeg Free Press'', 23 April 1994.〕 Loewen helped create the Manitoba Entertainment Complex group (MEC) in 1994, in an effort to purchase controlling shares in the Winnipeg Jets hockey franchise and keep the team in the city.〔David Roberts, "Consortium wants to buy Jets", ''Globe and Mail'', 27 August 1994, A14.〕 Loewen chaired the MEC, and participated in plans to build a new arena for the team. Despite his efforts, the Jets were forced to leave the city in 1996. Loewen argued that the National Hockey League and commissioner Gary Bettman undermined his efforts, by presenting unreasonable demands shortly before an official deadline.〔John Douglas, "'Demands outrageous', Loewen says", ''Winnipeg Free Press'', 28 April 1995, City Page. Bettman denied this, claiming that advance notice had been given and that his conditions were necessary for creating a stable franchise. See Mary Ormsby, "Winnipeg group not serious, Bettman says", ''Winnipeg Free Press'', 3 May 1995, C3.〕 In 2006, he indicated that the major-level investors necessary for maintaining a National Hockey League franchise simply did not exist in Winnipeg in the mid-1990s.〔Adam Clayton, "Winnipeg Jets long gone but not forgotten", ''Canadian Press'', 27 April 2006, 13:50 report.〕 Loewen has been a board member and chairman of Economic Development Winnipeg, a council member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Manitoba, a board member and president of the Big Brothers and Sisters Association of Winnipeg and president of both the Manitoba Chamber Orchestra and the Linden Woods Community Association.〔 He has also been involved with the United Way of Winnipeg, serving on the United Way Cabinet from 1994 until 1999 as Chair of the Major Corporate Division and Deputy Chair of Business. He is a founding Director of the Business Council of Manitoba. There were rumours that Loewen would run for Mayor of Winnipeg in 1998, but he declined.〔Kim Guttormson, "Thompson decides she won't seek third term in mayor's office", ''Winnipeg Free Press'', 25 April 1998, A1.〕 Until 2012 John Loewen was the President of Telpay, a electronic payments company which was originally started as a research and development project by Comcheq. Telpay is the largest independent payment processing company in Canada having processed over 23 million payments worth over $14 billion in 2009.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Telpay )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「John Loewen」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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