John Wise

John Wise (December 12, 1935 – January 9, 2013) was a Canadian politician from Ontario. Early years Born in St. Thomas, Ontario, Wise was a dairy farmer and a local politician in St. Thomas - Elgin: Township councillor and deputy reeve of Yarmouth Township 1966-1967 Reeve of Yarmouth Township 1967-1968 Warden for Elgin County 1969 Federal politics Wise was first elected as a Progressive Conservative to the House of Commons of Canada representing the riding of Elgin in 1972. He was re-elected in 1974, 1979, 1980 and 1984. He was the Minister of Agriculture in both Joe Clark's cabinet (June 4, 1979 – March 2, 1980) and Brian Mulroney's cabinet (September 17, 1984 – September 14, 1988).