[3] Jorgenson served overseas with the Canadian Army from 1940 to 1946, and worked as a farmer on returning to Canada.
Jorgenson then shifted to provincial politics, and was easily elected for the rural riding of Morris in the 1969 by-election.
The Tories regained power under Sterling Lyon on the latter occasion, and Jorgenson was called into cabinet on 24 October 1977 as government House Leader and Minister without Portfolio.
On 20 October 1978, he was promoted to Minister of Consumer and Corporate Affairs with responsibility for the Rent Stabilization Board and the Office of Superintendent for Insurance.
Following a cabinet shuffle on 16 January 1981, he was named Minister of Government Services with responsibility for the Manitoba Public Insurance Corporation.