Harry Leader (1880-1946)

Farmer, MP (1922-1925), MP (1936-1940), MP (1940-1945), MP (1945-1949).

Born at Burnside, Manitoba on 10 March 1880, son of Thomas Leader and Bridget Allen, he attended public school at Burnside and became a farmer and cattle breeder and exporter. He married Ella MacBeth on 27 September 1901. He served with the Canadian Army during World War One, a Councillor of Burnside (1906 to 1912), Reeve of the Rural Municipality of Portage la Prairie (1912 to 1914), a member of the Executive of the Union of Manitoba Municipalities (1913 to 1914). He was elected to the House of Commons for Portage la Prairie in 1921, defeated in 1925, re-elected in 1935, 1940 and 1945. He died while still a Member on 9 May 1946 at Portage la Prairie.

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Profile revised: 21 February 2010

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