Harry Andrew Moore

Politician

1914 –

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Who is Harry Andrew Moore?

Harry Andrew Moore was a retired dairy farmer and a Canadian member of Parliament from 1962 to 1972.

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.

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Born
Feb 24, 1914
Nationality
  • Canada

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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