Charles Robert Harrison

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Charles Robert Harrison
MP for Nipissing
In office
March 18, 1918 – October 4, 1921
Preceded byFrancis Cochrane
Succeeded byEdmond Lapierre
MPP for Nipissing
In office
October 29, 1930 – April 3, 1934
Preceded byHenri Morel
Succeeded byThéodore Legault
Personal details
BornJuly 3, 1868
Frodingham, Lincolnshire, England
DiedFebruary 7, 1946(1946-02-07) (aged 77)
Political partyUnionist/Conservative

Charles Robert Harrison (July 3, 1868 – February 7, 1946) was a Canadian politician. He represented the riding of Nipissing in the House of Commons of Canada 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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