High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Robert Theodore Bockstael (born 15 February 1923 in Saint Boniface, Manitoba) was a Liberal party member of the Canadian House of Commons. He was a businessman by career. Bockstael initially attempted to enter national politics in a 16 October 1978 by-election at Manitoba's Saint Boniface electoral district but was defeated by Jack Hare of the Progressive Conservative party. Months later in the 1979 general election, he won the riding from Hare. After re-election in 1980 federal election, he was defeated in the 1984 federal election by Léo Duguay of the Progressive Conservatives and left federal politics after that. Bockstael served in the 31st and 32nd Canadian Parliaments.