William Herbert Jarvis (August 15, 1930 – April 26, 2016) was a

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politician. Born in

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, Jarvis attended the London Central Collegiate Institute and the University of Western Ontario where he was a member of The Kappa Alpha Society. A lawyer by profession, Jarvis was first elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 1972 election as the Progressive Conservative

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for

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. When the Tories came to power as a result of the 1979 election,

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appointed Jarvis to Cabinet as

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for Federal-Provincial Relations. Clark's minority government fell as a result of the budget's defeat in a

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, and lost the subsequent 1980 election. Jarvis was re-elected in his riding. He retired from politics at the 1984 election. Jarvis died in

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on April 26, 2016.''London Free Press'', April 28, 2015, page 5

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Jarvis, William 1930 births 2016 deaths Canadian Anglicans Lawyers in Ontario Members of the 21st Canadian Ministry Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Ontario Members of the King's Privy Council for Canada Politicians from Hamilton, Ontario Progressive Conservative Party of Canada MPs University of Western Ontario alumni Western Law School alumni