William H. Jarvis Explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Honourable
William H. Jarvis
Office:Minister of State (Federal-Provincial Relations)
Primeminister:Joe Clark
Term Start:June 4, 1979
Term End:March 3, 1980
Predecessor:Position established
Successor:Lowell Murray (1986)
Parliament1:Canadian
Riding1:Perth
Term Start1:October 30, 1972
Term End1:September 4, 1984
Successor1:Harry Brightwell
Birth Name:William Herbert Jarvis
Birth Date:15 August 1930
Birth Place:Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Death Place:Cornwall, Ontario, Canada
Party:Progressive Conservative
Cabinet:Minister of State for Federal-Provincial Relations (1979-1980)
Alma Mater:University of Western Ontario
Occupation:Lawyer

William Herbert Jarvis (August 15, 1930 – April 26, 2016) was a Canadian politician.[1]

Born in Hamilton, Ontario, 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 Member of Parliament for Perth—Wilmot.

When the Tories came to power as a result of the 1979 election, Prime Minister Joe Clark appointed Jarvis to Cabinet as Minister of State for Federal-Provincial Relations.

Clark's minority government fell as a result of the budget's defeat in a motion of no confidence, and lost the subsequent 1980 election. Jarvis was re-elected in his riding. He retired from politics at the 1984 election.

Jarvis died in Cornwall, Ontario on April 26, 2016.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: William Jarvis, former Perth-Wilmot MP, dies at 85. 27 April 2016.
  2. London Free Press, April 28, 2015, page 5