Honorific-Prefix: | The Honourable |
John Wise | |
Office: | Minister of Agriculture |
Primeminister: | Brian Mulroney |
Term Start: | September 17, 1984 |
Term End: | September 14, 1988 |
Predecessor: | Ralph Ferguson |
Successor: | Don Mazankowski |
Primeminister1: | Joe Clark |
Term Start1: | June 4, 1979 |
Term End1: | March 2, 1980 |
Predecessor1: | Eugene Whelan |
Successor1: | Eugene Whelan |
Parliament6: | Canadian |
Riding6: | Elgin |
Term Start6: | October 30, 1972 |
Term End6: | November 21, 1988 |
Predecessor6: | Harold Edwin Stafford |
Successor6: | Ken Monteith |
Birth Date: | December 12, 1935 |
Birth Place: | St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada |
Death Place: | London, Ontario, Canada |
Party: | Progressive Conservative |
Residence: | St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada |
Profession: | Dairy farmer |
John Wise (December 12, 1935 - January 9, 2013) was a Canadian politician from Ontario.
Born in St. Thomas, Ontario, Wise was a dairy farmer and a local politician in St. Thomas - Elgin:
Wise was first elected as a Progressive Conservative to the House of Commons of Canada representing the riding of Elgin in 1972.[1] He was re-elected in 1974, 1979, 1980 and 1984. He was the Minister of Agriculture in both Joe Clark's cabinet (June 4, 1979 - March 2, 1980) and Brian Mulroney's cabinet (September 17, 1984 - September 14, 1988).
Wise retired as an MP in 1988 and retired to his farm (dairy operations sold in the 1970s). After leaving politics, he served on various agriculture related boards:
Wise was honorary founder and President of Soil Conservation Canada and cattle judge in Elgin County.
Wise died on January 9, 2013, at the age of 77 in London, Ontario.[2]