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John Harvard (politician)

The Honorable
John Harvard
PC OM
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23rd Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba
In office
June 30, 2004 – August 4, 2009
Monarch Elizabeth II
Governor General Adrienne Clarkson
Michaëlle Jean
Premier Gary Doer
Preceded by Peter Liba
Succeeded by Philip S. Lee
Member of the Canadian Parliament
for Winnipeg—St. James
In office
November 21, 1988 – June 2, 1997
Preceded by George Minaker
Succeeded by Riding abolished'
Member of the Canadian Parliament
for Charleswood—Assiniboia
In office
June 2, 1997 – May 6, 2004
Preceded by Riding created
Succeeded by Steven Fletcher
Personal details
Born (1938-06-04)June 4, 1938
Glenboro, Manitoba
Died January 9, 2016(2016-01-09) (aged 77)
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Political party Liberal Party of Canada
Spouse(s) Lenore Denise Berscheid (div.)
Pat Bovey
Children five
Profession Broadcast journalist

John Harvard, PC OM (June 4, 1938 – January 9, 2016) was a Canadian journalist, politician and office holder in Manitoba. He served as a federal Member of Parliament from 1988 to 2004, and was appointed the 23rd Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba just before Canada's 2004 federal election.

Harvard was a broadcast journalist from 1957 to 1988. He worked for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation for eighteen years and was for many years the host of a popular call-in show in Winnipeg called Talk Back, on CJOB radio. Coincidentally, his predecessor as lieutenant-governor, Peter Liba, worked as a journalist for CBC's competitor CanWest.

Harvard was elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 1988 election as a Liberal, defeating incumbent Progressive Conservative George Minaker by 18,695 votes to 16,993 in the middle-class suburban riding of Winnipeg—St. James (in the previous election, the Liberal candidate had finished third). Harvard sat as a backbench member of the parliamentary opposition from 1988 to 1993.

The Liberal Party won the 1993 federal election, and Harvard was easily re-elected in Winnipeg—St. James, defeating his nearest competitor, Reformer Peter Blumenschein, by about 13,000 votes. He was not appointed to cabinet, but was named Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Public Works and Government Services in 1996.


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