Charles Robert Harrison

Charles Robert Harrison
MP for Nipissing
In office
March 18, 1918  October 4, 1921
Preceded by Francis Cochrane
Succeeded by Edmond Lapierre
MPP for Nipissing
In office
October 29, 1930  April 3, 1934
Preceded by Henri Morel
Succeeded by Théodore Legault
Personal details
Born July 3, 1868
Frodingham, Lincolnshire, England
Died February 7, 1946
Political party Unionist/Conservative

Charles Robert Harrison (July 3, 1868 February 7, 1946) was a Canadian politician. He represented the riding of Nipissing in the Canadian House of Commons from 1917 to 1921. He was a Conservative member of Robert Borden's Unionist caucus.

Harrison, who was born in Frodingham, Lincolnshire, England, was a train conductor before entering politics.

He served only a single term, and was defeated by Edmond Lapierre in the 1921 election. He subsequently served a term in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, representing the provincial electoral district of Nipissing from 1930 to 1934 as a member of the Conservatives.


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