Graham Lisle Harle was a British-born Canadian provincial level politician from Alberta.
21 Facts About Graham Harle
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Graham Harle served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from February 14,1972, to 1986 sitting with the governing Progressive Conservative caucus.
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Graham Harle was born on December 9,1931, in Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, England, to James Alfred Graham Harle and wife Constance Balfour.
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Graham Harle attended Denstone College before moving to Edmonton in 1947 at the age of 16 with his parents.
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Graham Harle finished high school in Edmonton and attended the University of Alberta where he completed an agriculture degree and later law.
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Graham Harle contracted polio in 1952 and was hospitalized for five months.
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Graham Harle received a letter from Peter Lougheed in 1965 letting him know of his candidacy for leader of the Progressive Conservative Association.
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Graham Harle worked as an organizer for the party, assisting with the organization of a candidate for the 1967 Alberta general election.
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Graham Harle ran for a seat to the Alberta Legislature for the first time in a by-election held on February 14,1972, in the electoral district of Stettler.
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Graham Harle defeated former Social Credit MLA Galen Norris in a hotly contested race to hold the seat for the governing Progressive Conservatives.
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Graham Harle ran for his second term in the 1975 Alberta general election.
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Graham Harle ran for a third term in office in the 1979 general election.
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Graham Harle won a larger share of the popular vote in his district and cruised to an easy victory.
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Graham Harle was shuffled to the Soliticiter general portfolio by Lougheed immediately following the election.
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Graham Harle ran for a fourth term in office in the 1982 general election.
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Graham Harle won the best popular vote of his career.
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On November 15,1983 Graham Harle resigned his cabinet post after he was caught by police in a Government of Alberta vehicle with a prostitute.
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Graham Harle claimed that he was conducting a personal investigation of prostitution control and was seeking "firsthand information", but admitted he had not disclosed his plan with any police or government officials.
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Graham Harle claimed he invited the woman into the car he thought she was looking for a ride.
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Graham Harle kept his seat sitting in the back benches and did not seek another term after the legislature dissolved in 1986.
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Graham Harle died in Edmonton on February 9,2022, at the age of 90.