Resigned 1972 Died July 3, 1998 | Name Harry Moore | |
Role Canadian member of Parliament Party Progressive Conservative Party of Canada | ||
Succeeded by Kenneth Schellenberger | ||
Harry Andrew Moore (February 21, 1914 – July 3, 1998) was a dairy farmer and Canadian member of Parliament from 1962 to 1972.
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Political career
Moore first ran for a seat in the Canadian House of Commons in the 1962 federal election. He defeated a field of 3 candidates by comfortable margin to win the Wetaskiwin electoral district. Parliament would be dissolved a year later when the minority Progressive Conservative government fell. This forced the 1963 federal election. Moore increased his vote total easily winning re-election. Moore ran for a third term in office in the 1965 federal election winning a third term with a slightly reduced plurality.
Moore would win the largest plurality of his career running for office for his fourth and final term in the 1968 federal election. He retired from federal politics in 1972.
During his time in parliament he was on the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Defense.
Personal life
Moore married Edna Joy Gilbert (February 19, 1923 Wainwright, Alberta - September 25, 1995 Wetaskiwin, Alberta) on July 23, 1941. They have three children: William (Bill), Rodney and Laurel (Laurie). He died at Wetaskiwin in 1998.