Ross Harvey
| Ross Harvey | |
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| Member of Parliament for Edmonton East |
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In office 1988–1993 |
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| Preceded by | William Lesick |
| Succeeded by | Judy Bethel |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
25 April 1952 Vancouver, British Columbia |
| Political party | New Democratic Party |
Ross Harvey (born 25 April 1952 in Vancouver, British Columbia) is a Canadian politician who was a member of the Canadian House of Commons from 1988 to 1993.
Harvey's background is in information and research. Prior to entering into a career in politics, he became a member of Spiny Norman's Whoopee Band in Edmonton, Alberta while a university student there. (In the video appended with this footnote, Ross is the guy in the wizard costume.) Bandmate and local celebrity Holger Petersen called the band a "Monty Python/Frank Zappa kind of thing."
He worked as executive assistant to Alberta NDP leaders Grant Notley and Ray Martin between 1979 and 1986, and as caucus coordinator and research director for the 16-member NDP Official Opposition caucus elected to the Alberta Legislature in 1986.
He was elected in the 1988 federal election at the Edmonton East electoral district for the New Democratic Party. He served in the 34th Canadian Parliament but lost to Judy Bethel of the Liberal Party in the 1993 federal election. Among the issues he championed in the House of Commons were renewable energy and justice for the Lubicon Lake Cree nation. Until Linda Duncan's victory in the 2008 federal election, Harvey was the only Alberta member of the NDP or its predecessor party elected to the House of Commons.
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