Robert Jarvis was a Progressive Conservative party

Progressive Conservative Party of Canada

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 member of the Canadian House of Commons

Canadian House of Commons

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. He was a lawyer by career.

He represented Ontario's Willowdale electoral district

Willowdale (electoral district)

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 which he won in the 1979 federal election

Canadian federal election, 1979

The Canadian federal election of 1979 was held on May 22, 1979 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 31st Parliament of Canada. It resulted in the defeat of Liberal Party of Canada after 11 years in power under Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau. Joe Clark led the Progressive...

. After serving his only term, the 31st Canadian Parliament

31st Canadian Parliament

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, he was defeated in the 1980 federal election

Canadian federal election, 1980

The Canadian federal election of 1980 was held on February 18, 1980 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 32nd Parliament of Canada...

 by Jim Peterson

Jim Peterson

James Scott "Jim" Peterson, PC is a retired Canadian politician and former Minister of International Trade.Born in Ottawa, Ontario, he has a DCL from McGill University, a Master of Laws from Columbia University, and a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Western Ontario...

 of the Liberal party

Liberal Party of Canada

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.

After his political career, he became chairman of the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation

Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation

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 (CMHC) in May 1985. In the late 1980s, he also served as a lawyer for Korgold Development which sought to build apartment units in Mississauga, Ontario

Ontario

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 which were eligible for CMHC funding. Alan Redway

Alan Redway

Alan Redway, PC, QC is a lawyer and former Canadian politician.After a career in municipal politics culminating in the role of mayor of East York, a borough of Metropolitan Toronto, Redway entered federal politics...

, federal housing minister at that time, requested that the agency report on whether this situation constituted a conflict of interest.

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