Abram Harrison, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Canadian politician
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Place of Birth: Killarney-Turtle Mountain, Manitoba, Canada
About Abram Harrison
- Abram William Harrison (July 15, 1898 in Holmfield, Manitoba – November 14, 1979) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada.
- He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1943 to 1966, initially as a Conservative and later as a Progressive Conservative, after the party changed its name.
- He served as a cabinet minister in the government of Dufferin Roblin.The son of William S.
- Harrison and Maria Wilkinson, Harrison was educated in Holmfield, and was the manager of Harrison Milling and Grain Co.
- before entering politics.
- He was also a member of the Killarney Lodge.
- In 1937, he married Amelia Sutherland.He was first elected to the Manitoba legislature in a by-election on July 22, 1943, in the constituency of Killarney.
- The Liberal-Progressives and Conservatives governed Manitoba in a grand coalition during this period, and Harrison served as a backbench supporter of Stuart Garson's ministry. Notwithstanding the coalition, some Liberal-Progressives ran against Progressive Conservative incumbents in the 1945 provincial election.
- Harrison narrowly fended off a challenge from LP candidate G.M.
- Harrison, winning by only 150 votes on the second count of a preferential ballot.
- He was re-elected again in the 1949 election, easily defeating an anti-coalition maverick from the Liberal-Progressives. The Progressive Conservatives left the coalition government in 1950.
- Harrison moved to the opposition benches, and was re-elected in the 1953 election.
- He appears to have supported Errick Willis against a leadership challenge from Dufferin Roblin in 1954. The Progressive Conservative Party formed a minority government under Dufferin Roblin following the 1958 election.
- Harrison defeated Liberal-Progressive candidate Walter E.
- Clark by 238 votes in the redistributed constituency of Rock Lake, and was appointed by Roblin as Speaker of the Manitoba legislature on October 23, 1958.
- The opposition Liberals opposed Harrison's appointment, on the grounds that Roblin should have consulted with opposition leaders before making his selection.
- He was nonetheless confirmed, and was regarded as a good if unspectacular office-holder. Harrison defeated Clark a second time in the 1959 election, and was retained in the Speaker's chair.Harrison defeated Liberal candidate Harry Parsonage by 429 votes in the 1962 election.
- He was replaced as Speaker on February 27, 1963, and formally entered Roblin's government as a minister without portfolio.
- He retained this position until May 15, 1966, and did not contest the 1966 election.He died at home in Holmfield at the age of 81.
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