Robert E. Jarvis (15 November 1935 – 14 December 2017) was a Canadian Progressive Conservative member of the

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. He was a lawyer by career. He was the first graduate of the University of Alberta Law School to have his degree recognized by the Ontario Law Society. He represented Ontario's Willowdale electoral district which he won in the 1979 federal election. He sat in the

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, during which he served as Parliamentary Secretary. He lost his seat in the 1980 federal election to

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challenger

Jim Peterson James Scott Peterson (born July 30, 1941) is a retired Canadian politician. He was a Liberal member of the House of Commons of Canada from 1980 to 1984 and again from 1988 to 2007 who represented the northern Toronto riding of Willowdale. He s ...

. After his political career, he became chairman of the

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(CMHC) in May 1985. He died on 14 December 2017.

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* * 1935 births 2017 deaths Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Ontario Progressive Conservative Party of Canada MPs Lawyers in Ontario Burials at York Cemetery, Toronto {{ProgressiveConservative-Ontario-MP-stub