About Harley J. Spence
Lived 1904 – 1993 (aged 88). Harley J. Spence was a Canadian politician.
Harley James Spence (November 27, 1904 – April 27, 1993) was a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral districts of Lunenburg County and Lunenburg West in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1953 to 1970. He was a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia.
Born in 1904 at Ellershouse, Hants County, Nova Scotia, Spence was a businessman by career. He married Ella Peach Riley in 1929. In the 1956 election, Spence was re-elected by 67 votes in the newly established Lunenburg West riding. He was re-elected in the 1960, 1963, and 1967 elections. Spence did not reoffer in the 1970 election.
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Who was Harley J. Spence?
politician from Nova Scotia, Canada
When was Harley J. Spence born?
Harley J. Spence was born on 27 November 1904 in Ellershouse.
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Harley J. Spence died on 27 April 1993 in Bradenton.
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Harley J. Spence was a politician.
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Harley J. Spence was Canadian.
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