Robert Theodore Bockstael (15 February 1923 – 28 June 2017) was a
Liberal party
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member of the
House of Commons of Canada. A businessman by career, he was the longtime manager of Bockstael Construction in Winnipeg until his entry into politics;
["Bockstael Construction of Winnipeg celebrates 100 years"]
''Daily Commercial News'', 18 April 2012. the firm is still in operation today under the management of Bockstael's son John.
Bockstael initially attempted to enter national politics in a 16 October 1978 by-election at Manitoba's
Saint Boniface electoral district but was defeated by
Jack Hare
John Harold Hare (June 8, 1920 – March 23, 2009) was Canadian politician, agrologist and professor.
Political career
Hare was the Progressive Conservative Member of Parliament for the Winnipeg-area riding of St. Boniface for seven months. He ...
of the
Progressive Conservative party. Months later in the
1979 general election, he won the riding from Hare. After re-election in
1980 federal election, he was defeated in the
1984 federal election by
Léo Duguay of the
Progressive Conservatives and left federal politics after that. Bockstael served in the
31st and
32nd Canadian Parliament
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s.
His nephew, also named
Robert Bockstael, is a noted actor.
Electoral history
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1923 births
2017 deaths
Canadian people of Belgian descent
Businesspeople from Winnipeg
Liberal Party of Canada MPs
Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Manitoba
People from Saint Boniface, Winnipeg
Politicians from Winnipeg
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