Harry Andrew Moore (February 21, 1914 – July 3, 1998) was a dairy farmer and Canadian member of Parliament from 1962 to 1972.
Political career
Moore first ran for a seat in the
House of Commons of Canada
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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.
[DEATHS: inal EditionEdmonton Journal dmonton, Alta05 July 1998: E10.]
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1914 births
1998 deaths
Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Alberta
Progressive Conservative Party of Canada MPs
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