Harold Long (April 10, 1941 – May 21, 2013) was a politician in

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. Long was born in Powell River, the son of George Hibbert Long and Augusta Denise Simard, and from 1958 he worked in the family transportation business (City Transfer) and in 1979 purchased and expanded it. In 1961, he married Beverley Ann Doxsee. He served as

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(MLA) for

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from 1986 to 1991 as a

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MLA. He served as Deputy

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for the Government Caucus and worked as a

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director until 1991. He was defeated in the 1991 election in the renamed riding of

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by Gordon Wilson, then leader of the BC Liberals. Following his defeat, he returned to his family business and was elected in 1992 in a by-election to the Powell River municipal council. He was elected for Powell River-Sunshine Coast in the provincial 2001 election as a

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candidate. Long did not run for reelection in 2005. He held positions as Deputy Chair of the Committee of the Whole and was member of the Government Caucus Committee on Natural Resources. He was awarded the

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in 2002.

Death

Long, aged 72, was the pilot and sole occupant of a DHC-2 Beaver float plane that was seen overturned in

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, near Stuart Island, north of the city of Campbell River, on May 21, 2013. The

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and

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recovered his body from the scene.

References

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