Harold Edward Welsh

Harold Edward Welsh (May 5, 1896[1] – May 20, 1943) was a physician[2] and political figure in Ontario. He represented Hastings East in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1936 to 1943 as a Conservative member.[3]

The son of William Frederick Welsh and Caroline Mabel Oatwater, he was born in Moira [1] and was educated at the University of Toronto. He worked as a country doctor, living in Roslin[2] and also served as coroner for Hastings County and as medical officer of health for Huntingdon, Thurlow and Tyendinaga townships.[1] Welsh was elected to the assembly in 1936, defeating Liberal candidate Dr. Harold A. Boyce in a bitterly contested by-election held following the death of James Ferguson Hill. Liberal amendments altering the distribution of school taxes between public and Roman Catholic schools were a crucial issue in the by-election.[4] Welsh died in office; he drowned while fishing in Algonquin Provincial Park.[5]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Normandin, A L (1939). Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1939.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Canadian Medical Association Journal. Canadian Medical Association. July 1943. p. 68. PMC 1827826.
  3. ↑ "Harold Edward Welsh, MPP". Legislative Assembly of Ontario. Retrieved 2011-07-06.
  4. ↑ Meehan, Peter (2002). "The East Hastings By-Election of 1936 and the Ontario Separate School Tax Question". Canadian Catholic Historical Association 68: 105–132.
  5. ↑ "Bitter By-election Recalled by Drowning". Windsor Daily Star. May 21, 1943. p. 2. Retrieved 2011-07-06.