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Harry Steel (politician)

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Harry Steel
Ontario MPP
In office
1943–1945
Preceded byWilliam Guthrie
Succeeded byBryan Cathcart
ConstituencyLambton West
Personal details
Born(1879-06-11)June 11, 1879
Stratford, Ontario
DiedJanuary 29, 1962(1962-01-29) (aged 82)
Sarnia, Ontario
Political partyCCF
Spouse
Elizabeth Forbes
(m. 1919)
OccupationMachinist

Henry "Harry" Steel (June 11, 1879 – January 29, 1962) was a machinist[1] and political figure in Ontario. He represented Lambton West in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1943 to 1945 as a Co-operative Commonwealth member.[2]

He was born in Stratford, Ontario in 1879,[1] the son of Henry Edwin Steel and Hannah Bissett, and was educated in Point Edward and Sarnia. In 1919, Steel married Elizabeth Forbes. He was a Sarnia alderman from 1921 to 1932.[1] He died there in 1962 and was interred at Lakeview Cemetery.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c Normandin, A L (1944). Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1944.
  2. ^ https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/27DS-2K4
  3. ^ http://www.lakeviewcemetery.ca/cemetery-ontario/burial-search-display/15867