Progressive Conservative Party candidates, 1984 Canadian federal election
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The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada fielded a full slate of candidates in the 1984 federal election, and won 211 out of 282 seats to form a majority government. Many of the party's candidates have their own biography pages. Information on others may be found here.
[edit] Manitoba
[edit] John Hare (Winnipeg—Birds Hill)
Hare is the son of Jack Hare, a Winnipeg businessman who was the Member of Parliament for St. Boniface from 1978 to 1979.[1] The younger Hare initially sought the Progressive Conservative nomination in St. Boniface, but lost to Leo Duguay.[2] He received 20,644 votes (39.56%) in Birds Hill, finishing second to New Democratic Party incumbent Bill Blaikie.
Hare is owner of the firm J.H. Hare and Associates Ltd., which sells ingredients to the livestock industry.[3] He has been president and chief executive officer of Nutratech Inc., and in 2004 started a company called Source Life Sciences Inc.[4] He has marketed a Canadian product called therapeutic antibodies in Southeast Asia, for the purpose of fighting E.coli and salmonella in piglets.[5]
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ Barbara Aggerholm, "Tory candidate gets grant", Winnipeg Free Press, 24 August 1984, 1.
- ^ Richard Cleroux, "Language case going to top court", Globe and Mail, 6 March 1984, N4; Jim Still, "Not credible" [letter], Winnipeg Free Press, 1 September 1984, 44.
- ^ John Dietz, "Egg Yolks Deliver E. coli Scour Protection", National Hog Farmer, 15 June 2003, 18; Martin Cash, "Manitoba companies ready for trade mission to Italy", Winnipeg Free Press, 29 January 2000, B20.
- ^ Geoff Kirbyson, "Source jumps into capital pool", Winnipeg Free Press, 1 March 2004, C7.
- ^ Steve Sandford, "Canadian product may help to fight E.coli in Southeast Asia", National Post, 27 March 1999, D10.
