{{Short description|Canadian politician (1933–2018)}} {{more citations needed|date=September 2018}} {{Use Canadian English|date=September 2021}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Robert Harold Porter | birth_name = | image = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date|1933|8|14|df=yes}} | birth_place = Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada | death_date = {{death date and age|2018|9|10|1933|8|14|df=yes}} | death_place = Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada | spouse = | riding = Medicine Hat | predecessor = Bert Hargrave | successor = Monte Solberg | term_start = 1984 | term_end = 1993 | profession = Businessman, farmer, rancher | party = Progressive Conservative | website = | relations = MacKenzie Porter, Kalan Porter, Kelsey Porter }}
'''Robert Harold Porter''' (14 August 1933 – 10 September 2018) was a Canadian politician who was a lifelong member of the Progressive Conservative party and a member of the House of Commons.
He represented the Alberta riding of Medicine Hat where he was first elected in the 1984 federal election and re-elected in 1988, therefore becoming a member in the 33rd and 34th Canadian Parliaments.
Porter left federal politics in 1993 and did not campaign for a third term in Parliament. He died in September 2018 at the age of 85.<ref>[https://chatnewstoday.ca/article/572211/former-mp-bob-porter-passes-away Former MP Bob Porter passes away]</ref>
He is the grandfather of ''Canadian Idol'' star and pop singer Kalan Porter and actress and country singer MacKenzie Porter.
==References== {{reflist}} * {{Canadian Parliament links|ID=3463}}
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