Earl Wallace Urquhart (February 22, 1921 – August 17, 1971) was a

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politician and

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Early life

Urquhart was born in West Bay, Inverness County, Nova Scotia, Canada. Urquhart served in the Canadian Infantry Corps and the

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during

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Political career

he was elected to the

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for

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in a 1949 by-election held after

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was named to the bench. He served as a member of the assembly from 1949 to 1963. From 1960 to 1962, he was the House Leader. He was Leader of the

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from 1962 to 1965. He was summoned to the Senate on February 24, 1966 on the recommendation of

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. A

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, he represented the

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of Inverness-Richmond in the

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until his death at the age of 50.

References

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