Harry Harley

For the Australian footballer, see Harry Harley (footballer).

Harry Cruickshank Harley (4 June 1926 – 27 September 2014) was a Canadian politician who served as Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was a physician by career.

Harry Cruickshank Harley
Official 1966 portrait
Member of Parliament for Halton
In office June 18, 1962 – June 24, 1968
Preceded by	Charles Alexander Best
Succeeded by	Rud Whiting
Personal details
Born	(1926-06-04)June 4, 1926 Weston, Ontario
Died	September 27, 2014(2014-09-27) (aged 88) Oakville, Ontario
Party	Liberal
Spouse	Marguerite Ellen Louise Harley
Profession	Physician

Political career

Harley was first elected at the Halton riding in the 1962 general election, narrowly defeating the incumbent Charles Alexander Best in a result where the armed services vote swung over to the Liberals.^[1] He was subsequently re-elected in 1963^[2] and 1965.^[3] After completing his term in the 27th Canadian Parliament in 1968, Harley left federal politics and did not seek further re-election.^[4] His departure was said to be for personal reasons only, and not because of Pierre Elliott Trudeau winning the Liberal leadership.^[4]

Electoral record

1965 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Harry C. Harley	25,213	47.8	-4.2
	Progressive Conservative	Allan M. Masson	16,412	31.1	-1.4
	New Democratic	Murray S. Kernighan	10,751	20.4	+6.5
	Independent Conservative	Henry Timmins	373	0.7	-0.3
Total valid votes			52,749	100.0

1963 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Harry C. Harley	25,482	52.0	+11.2
	Progressive Conservative	Sandy Best	15,949	32.5	-8.0
	New Democratic	Ellis Fullerton	6,790	13.8	-3.7
	Independent Conservative	Henry Timmins	481	1.0
	Social Credit	Irv Wilson	330	0.7	-0.5
Total valid votes			49,032	100.0

1962 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Harry C. Harley	18,556	40.7	+11.8
	Progressive Conservative	Sandy Best	18,458	40.5	-20.5
	New Democratic	Carl Rouleau	8,001	17.6	+7.5
	Social Credit	Irving R. Wilson	547	1.2
Total valid votes			45,562	100.0