Robert Jardine McCleave (19 December 1922 - 3 September 2004) 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 born in Moncton, New Brunswick

Moncton, New Brunswick

Moncton is a Canadian city, located in Westmorland County, New Brunswick. The city is situated in southeastern New Brunswick, within the Petitcodiac River Valley, and lies at the geographic centre of the Maritime Provinces...

 and became a dean, journalist, judge and lawyer by career. He was also an editor of the Halifax Chronicle-Herald

Halifax Chronicle-Herald

The Chronicle Herald is a broadsheet published in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The largest newspaper company in Nova Scotia, The Chronicle Herald is also the highest circulation newspaper in the Atlantic provinces and is currently the largest independently owned newspaper company in Canada...

and became a news director at radio station CJCH

CJCH-FM

CJCH-FM is a Canadian radio station owned by Bell Media. It broadcasts on the FM band at 101.3 MHz from Halifax, Nova Scotia. Coincident with its move to FM on May 30, 2008, the station adopted the moniker "101.3 The BOUNCE" and a rhythmic contemporary/top 40 format...

. McCleave attended Dalhousie University

Dalhousie University

Dalhousie University is a public research university located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. The university comprises eleven faculties including Schulich School of Law and Dalhousie University Faculty of Medicine. It also includes the faculties of architecture, planning and engineering located at...

 where he graduated in law studies.

He was first elected at the Halifax

Halifax (electoral district)

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 riding in
the 1957 general election

Canadian federal election, 1957

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. Except for a defeat at that riding in the 1963 federal election

Canadian federal election, 1963

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, he was re-elected to Parliament until the 1974 federal election

Canadian federal election, 1974

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The Halifax riding was shared by two Members of Parliament until 1967. McCleave was joined by fellow Progressive Conservative member Edmund L. Morris

Edmund L. Morris

Edmund Leverett Morris was a Canadian politician, broadcaster and university administrator.Born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Morris attended school at Saint Mary's Boys School. After graduating high school, he pursued an undergraduate and graduate degree in political science from Dalhousie University...

 from 1957 to 1963, then by Michael Forrestall

Michael Forrestall

John Michael William Curphey Forrestall was a Canadian Senator and Member of Parliament.A Nova Scotia journalist and businessman, Forrestall was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 1965 federal election as the Progressive Conservative Member of Parliament for Halifax, Nova Scotia...

, another Progressive Conservative, from 1965 to 1968. The Halifax riding was redefined in 1967 so that it elected only a single Member of Parliament, therefore McCleave campaigned in the Halifax—East Hants

Halifax—East Hants

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 riding as of the 1968 federal election

Canadian federal election, 1968

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He left federal office after 8 December 1977, prior to the end of his term in the 30th Canadian Parliament

30th Canadian Parliament

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 and became a provincial court

Provincial Court

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 judge for the province of Nova Scotia, where he served for ten years.

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