death_date predecessor successor birth_place party office birth_date term_start residence image article_title term_end name
1 march 1954 victor martin jean marc chaput rutherglen , scotland progressive conservative mpp for nipissing june 2 , 1907 june 7 , 1948 north bay , ontario wb harvey 1.png william bruce harvey
 march 1 , 1954 william bruce harvey
william bruce harvey

william bruce harvey -lrb- june 2 , 1907 -- march 1 , 1954 -rrb- was a canadian politician , who represented the electoral district of nipissing in the legislative assembly of ontario from 1948 to 1954 .
he was a member of the ontario progressive conservative party .
he was born to isabella gibson -lrb- 1878 -- 1948 -rrb- and robert harvie -lrb- 1874 -- 1929 -rrb- in rutherglen , lanarkshire , scotland on june 2 , 1907 .
in 1912 , robert and his oldest child mary , sailed for canada and settled in the ottawa area .
in june 1913 , isabella and william , along with three other siblings -lrb- katie , isabella and jessie -rrb- sailed to canada on the teutonic and joined robert and mary in ottawa .
the purser of the teutonic spelled the surname incorrectly and the family retained the new spelling of harvey since all immigration documents used the ship 's registry information .
wiliam harvey spent his teenage years in ottawa .
he moved to north bay in 1923 to open a keyes supply company office .
his younger brother bruce harvey remained in ottawa and was an alderman from 1961 -- 1969 , representing elmdale-victoria ward , and working with charlotte whitton from 1960-64 .
harvey met and married eva belle moore -lrb- 1907 -- 1970 -rrb- on june 3 , 1929 .
they had three children : edith joan -lrb- 1932 -- 1996 -rrb- , robert walter -lrb- born 1934 -rrb- and isabel diane -lrb- 1937 -- 1992 -rrb- .
he was a commercial traveller and active member of the canadian travellers association -lrb- cta -rrb- and the masonic shrine temple , north bay lodge # 617 .
in 1940 he went into business for himself , and partnered with don seal to open harvey seal motors -lrb- mercury dealership -rrb- in 1942 located at main street west .
harvey was elected councillor for west ferris township , ontario and served for 4 years before he entered the provincial political arena .
he was elected as a progressive conservative mpp on june 7 , 1948 and served the majority of his office in the government of leslie frost .
he was appointed vice chairman of the ontario northland transportation commission in 1949 as well as industrial commissioner for northern ontario .
the city of north bay named harvey street and harvey street school in his honour .
harvey was re-elected to the provincial legislature in 1951 and served until his death on march 1 , 1954 .
