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

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. He represented the Alberta riding of

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where he was first elected in the 1984 federal election and re-elected in 1988, therefore becoming a member in the 33rd and

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s. 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.Former MP Bob Porter passes away
/ref> He is the grandfather of ''

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'' star and pop singer

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and actress and country singer

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* 1933 births 2018 deaths Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Alberta People from Medicine Hat Progressive Conservative Party of Canada MPs 20th-century members of the House of Commons of Canada {{Alberta-MP-stub