Bob Jarvis


Robert Jarvis was a Progressive Conservative party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was a lawyer by career.
He represented Ontario's Willowdale electoral district which he won in the 1979 federal election. After serving his only term, the 31st Canadian Parliament, he was defeated in the 1980 federal election by Jim Peterson of the Liberals.
After his political career, he became chairman of the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation 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 which were eligible for CMHC funding.