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Harold Small
View on WikipediaHarold Norman George Small[1] (February 13, 1936 – May 17, 2021) was a Newfoundlander and Canadian politician. He served as the member of the Newfoundland House of Assembly (MHA) for Baie Verte-White Bay from 1991 to 1993.
Key Information
Background
[edit]Small was born in the fishing village of Wild Cove as the son of George and Bessie Small. He initially worked at the Advocate Mines in Baie Verte. Following the death of his first wife and one of his sons, he returned to Wild Cove with his brothers in 1972 to work as a fisherman and sealer so that he could "be [his] own boss."[2]
Small was appointed to the Fisheries Loan Board in 1978 by provincial Minister of Fisheries Walter C. Carter as its representative in the "North East Coast."[3][4] He was one of the founding members of the Canadian Sealers' Association, a cooperative which was established in 1982 in response to the anti-seal hunt protests led by Greenpeace.[5][6] He was also a director of the Newfoundland and Labrador Rural Development Association in 1983.[7]
Politics
[edit]Small ran as the Liberal candidate for the district of Baie Verte-White Bay in the 1985 election, which he lost to incumbent Progressive Conservative (PC) MHA Tom Rideout. When Rideout resigned from the House of Assembly in 1990 after being appointed to the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Small successfully ran as the Liberal candidate in the subsequent by-election to succeed him. He was appointed to the Resource Committee by Premier Clyde Wells.[8] In the 1993 general election, he was defeated by his PC opponent Paul Shelley.
Small thereafter went into retirement in Wild Cove, where he died on May 17, 2021.
Electoral history
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Progressive Conservative | Paul Shelley | 3,172 | 62.48 | – | |
| Liberal | Harold Small | 1,830 | 36.04 | – | |
| New Democratic | Rose Howe | 75 | 1.48 | – | |
| Total valid votes | 5,077 | 99.82 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 9 | 0.18 | – | ||
| Total votes | 5,086 | 73.27 | – | ||
| Eligible voters | 6,941 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | – | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Progressive Conservative | Tom Rideout | 2,532 | 51.87 |  4.19
| |
| Liberal | Harold Small | 2,127 | 43.58 | 0.36
| |
| New Democratic | Richard Shelley | 222 | 4.55 | – | |
| Total valid votes | 4,881 | 99.73 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 13 | 0.27 | |||
| Total votes | 4,894 | 82.42 |  8.33
| ||
| Eligible voters | 5,938 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | 2.28
| |||
References
[edit]- ^ "Harold Norman George Small". Tribute Archive. Foster Funeral Home. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
- ^ "The Small brothers of Wild Cove" (PDF). Decks Awash. 4 (4): 10. August 1975. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
- ^ "Members of the Fisheries Loan Board". The Newfoundland Gazette. 11 August 1978. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
- ^ "Carter announces loan board to be reorganized". Green Bay News. 16 August 1978.
- ^ "Plenty of seals, but who wants them?". Decks Awash. 19 (5): 30–31. September–October 1990. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
- ^ Bartlett, Wilfred. "Remembering Harold Small". The Navigator. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
- ^ "Development association elects slate". The Western Star. 4 April 1983. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
- ^ "Forty-First General Assembly - Fourth Session - 1992-1993 - Resource Committee". Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly. Retrieved 13 April 2025.