John Thomas Wolfe

John ("Jack") Thomas Wolfe (1955 - 1995) was a Canadian provincial politician. He was the Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan for the constituency of Assiniboia-Gravelbourg, from 1988 until 1991. He was elected in a by-election called to replace Liberal party leader and future federal Finance Minister Ralph Goodale, when Goodale retired from provincial politics to run in the 1988 federal election. He served a single term, and was defeated by Lewis Draper of the NDP in the 1991 general election. While in office he held the post of Associate Minister of Health from 1989 until his appointment as Minister of Urban Affairs late in 1990. On January 1, 1991, Mr. Wolfe was appointed Minister of Community Services and was also responsible for Saskatchewan Property Management Corporation and Saskatchewan Housing Corporation.

John Wolfe was born in Rockglen on May 2, 1955, and was raised in the Killdeer district west of Rockglen. He studied Biology at the University of Saskatchewan and in 1979 he graduated with distinction from the Western College of Veterinary Medicine. Mr. Wolfe practiced as a veterinarian in Alberta for one year before returning to Rockglen. There he established a veterinary clinic with his wife, Susan Gail Snyder, whom he had married on January 26, 1980. Mr. Wolfe also practiced veterinary medicine at the thoroughbred and standard bred racetracks in Regina and Saskatoon. Mr. Wolfe was extensively involved in community economic development projects and was chairman of the first Rural Development Corporation in the province.

As a result of stress surrounding a scandal involving an investigation into expense account fraud at the Saskatchewan Legislative Assembly, in which several elected and unelected officials of government were convicted of fraud, Wolfe committed suicide in 1995 after leaving elected office.