{{Short description|Canadian politician}} {{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}} '''John Harold Hare''' (June 8, 1920 – March 23, 2009) was a Canadian politician, agrologist and professor.
{{Infobox officeholder | honorific_suffix = | riding1 = St. Boniface | parliament1 = Canadian | term_start1 = October 16, 1978 | term_end1 = May 21, 1979 | party = Conservative | predecessor1 = Joseph-Philippe Guay | successor1 = Robert Bockstael | birth_date = {{Birth date|1920|6|8|df=yes}} | birth_place = Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada | death_date = {{Death date and age|2009|3|23|1920|6|8|df=yes}} | death_place = Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada | alma_mater = | website = }}
==Political career== Hare was the Progressive Conservative Member of Parliament for the Winnipeg-area riding of St. Boniface for seven months. He was elected in a 1978 by-election in what was considered a safe Liberal seat after losing to Revenue minister Joseph Guay in the 1974 federal election.<ref name=simpson>Simpson, Jeffrey, "Last Grit seat in Manitoba Trudeau is Liberal albatross in St. Boniface", ''Globe and Mail'', September 26, 1978</ref> Hare won in part by capitalizing on the dislike of Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau by anglophone voters,<ref name=simpson3>Simpson, Jeffrey, "Tories gain two seats, NDP one", ''Globe and Mail'', October 17, 1978</ref> in a riding that has a significant francophone population<ref name=cp>"Liberals near extinction as PCs, NDP fight in West", ''Globe and Mail'', May 23, 1979</ref> and claimed that French Canadians followed instructions from their parish priests on how to vote.<ref name=simpson2>Simpson, Jeffrey, "What's the mood of the nation? Watch 3 key ridings," ''Globe and Mail'', October 16, 1978</ref> Hare's victory was the first time the Tories won the riding since the 1958 election landslide by John Diefenbaker's Conservatives.<ref name=simpson/> The by-election (one of 15 held on the same day across the country) was seen as a litmus test for the Trudeau government.<ref name=simpson/>
Despite the defeat of Trudeau's government by Joe Clark's Progressive Conservatives in the 1979 federal election, Hare would not serve long as an MP as Liberal challenger Robert Bockstael won the St. Boniface seat back. Joe Borowski, co-ordinator of the anti-abortion group Campaign Life, claimed that his group's work was the main reason for Hare's defeat.<ref>Rusk, James, "Abortion activists push policies ...", ''Globe and Mail'', February 12, 1980</ref> He died in Winnipeg in 2009.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/people/hare_jh.shtml|title = Memorable Manitobans: John Harold "Jack" Hare (1920-2009)}}</ref>
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