Harry Grenfell Archibald | |
Term Start: | 1945 |
Term End: | 1949 |
Predecessor: | Olof Hanson |
Successor: | Edward Applewhaite |
Birth Date: | 21 September 1910 |
Birth Place: | Wynot, Saskatchewan, Canada |
Death Date: | September 1965 (aged 54) |
Profession: | foreman seaman |
Party: | Co-operative Commonwealth Federation |
Riding: | Skeena |
Harry Grenfell Archibald (September 21, 1910 - September 1965) was a Canadian politician, foreman and seaman. He was born in Wynot, Saskatchewan. He was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in 1945 as a member of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation for the riding of Skeena.
A sympathiser of Trotskyism, Archibald was a covert member of the Revolutionary Workers' Party during part of his term in Parliament.[1] He was defeated in the elections of 1949 and 1953. Between 1943 and 1945, he served in the Royal Canadian Air Force as a Leading Aircraftman.