John Harold Hare (June 8, 1920 – March 23, 2009) was Canadian politician, agrologist and professor.

Political career

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for the

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-area riding of

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for seven months. He was elected in a 1978

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in what was considered a safe

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seat after losing to Revenue minister Joseph Guay in the 1974 federal election.Simpson, Jeffrey, "Last Grit seat in Manitoba Trudeau is Liberal albatross in St. Boniface", ''Globe and Mail'', September 26, 1978 Hare won in part by capitalizing on the dislike of

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Pierre Trudeau by English Canadian, anglophone voters,Simpson, Jeffrey, "Tories gain two seats, NDP one", ''Globe and Mail'', October 17, 1978 in a riding that has a significant francophone population"Liberals near extinction as PCs, NDP fight in West", ''Globe and Mail'', May 23, 1979 and claimed that French Canadians followed instructions from their parish priests on how to vote.Simpson, Jeffrey, "What's the mood of the nation? Watch 3 key ridings," ''Globe and Mail'', October 16, 1978 Hare's victory was the first time the Tories won the riding since the 1958 Canadian federal election, 1958 election landslide by John Diefenbaker's Conservatives. The by-election (one of 15 held on the same day across the country) was seen as a wikt:litmus test, litmus test for the Trudeau government. Despite the defeat of Trudeau's government by Joe Clark's Progressive Conservatives in the 1979 Canadian federal election, 1979 federal election, Hare would not serve long as an MP as Liberal challenger Robert Bockstael won the St. Boniface seat back. Joe Borowski (politician), Joe Borowski, co-ordinator of the anti-abortion group Campaign Life Coalition, Campaign Life, claimed that his group's work was the main reason for Hare's defeat. He died in Winnipeg in 2009.

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* 1920 births 2009 deaths Progressive Conservative Party of Canada MPs Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Manitoba {{Manitoba-politician-stub