Harry Mewhirter

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Harry Don Mewhirter (July 30, 1874— September 2, 1957^{[citation needed]}) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1914 to 1915 as a member of the Conservative Party.

Mewhirter was born in Sugar Grove, Illinois, USA, and was educated in New Providence and Des Moines, Iowa. He graduated in pharmacy and chemistry, and moved to Canada in 1906. He became manager of the Gutta Percha and Rubber Co., Ltd. in Winnipeg, and resided in Dugald. In religion, Mewhirter was a Presbyterian.

He was elected to the Manitoba legislature in the 1914 provincial election, defeating Liberal Thomas Glendenning Hamilton by 364 votes in the Elmwood constituency. The Conservatives won this election, and Mewhirter sat as a backbench supporter of Rodmond P. Roblin's government.

In 1915, the Conservatives were forced to resign from office was a report commissioned by the Lieutenant Governor found the government guilty of corruption in the tendering of contracts for new legislative buildings. A new election was called, which the Liberals won in a landslide. Mewhirter was not a candidate.