Famous People with Name Harvard

John Harvard            Origin/Culture/Country: American

John Harvard: is a journalist, politician and office holder in Manitoba, Canada. He served as a federal MP from 1988 to 2004, and was appointed the 23rd Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba just before Canada's 2004 federal election. Harvard was elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 1988 election as a Liberal, defeating incumbent Progressive Conservative George Minaker by 18,695 votes to 16,993 in the middle-class suburban riding of Winnipeg—St. James (in the previous election, the Liberal candidate had finished third). Harvard sat as a backbench member of the parliamentary opposition from 1988 to 1993. Harvard was again re-elected without difficulty in the federal election of 1997, running in the redistributed riding of Charleswood--Assiniboia. He was named Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food after the election, serving until 1998.