Harold Long (politician)
Canadian politician
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Harold Long (April 10, 1941[1] – May 21, 2013) was a politician in British Columbia (BC), Canada.[2]
Harold Long | |
|---|---|
| Member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly for Powell River-Sunshine Coast | |
| In office May 16, 2001 – May 17, 2005 | |
| Preceded by | Gordon Wilson |
| Succeeded by | Nicholas Simons |
| Member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly for Mackenzie | |
| In office October 22, 1986 – October 17, 1991 | |
| Preceded by | Donald Lockstead |
| Succeeded by | Gordon Wilson |
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 10, 1941 |
| Died | May 21, 2013 (aged 72) |
| Party | Social Credit → BC Liberal |
Long was born in Powell River, the son of George Hibbert Long and Augusta Denise Simard,[1] and from 1958 he worked in the family transportation business (City Transfer) and in 1979 purchased and expanded it.[2] In 1961, he married Beverley Ann Doxsee.[1]
He served as Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Mackenzie from 1986 to 1991 as a Social Credit MLA.[2][3] He served as Deputy Whip for the Government Caucus and worked as a BC Ferries director until 1991.[2] He was defeated in the 1991 election in the renamed riding of Powell River-Sunshine Coast by Gordon Wilson, then leader of the BC Liberals.[3] Following his defeat, he returned to his family business and was elected in 1992 in a by-election to the Powell River municipal council.[2] He was elected for Powell River-Sunshine Coast in the provincial 2001 election as a BC Liberal candidate.[2] Long did not run for reelection in 2005.[4]
He held positions as Deputy Chair of the Committee of the Whole and was member of the Government Caucus Committee on Natural Resources.[2]
He was awarded the Golden Jubilee Medal in 2002.[5]
Death
Long, aged 72, was the pilot and sole occupant of a DHC-2 Beaver float plane that was seen overturned in Bute Inlet, near Stuart Island,[6] north of the city of Campbell River, on May 21, 2013. The Canadian Coast Guard and Royal Canadian Mounted Police recovered his body from the scene.[7]
Electoral record
| 2001 British Columbia general election: Powell River-Sunshine Coast | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Harold Long | 9,904 | 42.36 | +24.65 | $63,954 | |||
| New Democratic | Gordon Wilson | 6,349 | 27.15 | -0.42 | $50,409 | |||
| Green | Adriane Carr | 6,316 | 27.01 | +24.66 | $24,821 | |||
| Marijuana | Dana Albert Larsen | 812 | 3.48 | New | $4,499 | |||
| Total valid votes | 23,381 | 100 | – | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 99 | 0.43 | ||||||
| Turnout | 23,480 | 72.43 | ||||||
| Registered voters | ||||||||
| 1991 British Columbia general election: Powell River-Sunshine Coast | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Expenditures | ||||
| Liberal | Gordon Wilson | 11,486 | 54.69 | $42,914 | ||||
| New Democratic | Howard White | 7,117 | 33.88 | $56,523 | ||||
| Social Credit | Harold Long | 2,174 | 10.35 | $26,527 | ||||
| Green | Janet E. Calder | 161 | 0.77 | $439 | ||||
| Common Sense | Roslyn Griston | 66 | 0.31 | $200 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 21,004 | 100 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 300 | 1.41 | ||||||
| Turnout | 21,304 | 82.61 | ||||||
| Registered voters | ||||||||
| 1986 British Columbia general election: Mackenzie | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Expenditures | ||||
| Social Credit | Harold Long | 8,530 | 43.68 | |||||
| New Democratic | Don Lockstead | 8,261 | 42.30 | |||||
| Liberal | Gordon Wilson | 2,739 | 14.02 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 19,530 | 100[8] | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 350 | |||||||
| Turnout | ||||||||
| Registered voters | ||||||||