Harry R. Purkey

{{Short description|American politician (1934–2018)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2022}}

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| birthname = Harry Robert Purkey

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| state_delegate = Virginia

| district = 82nd

| term_start = January 8, 1986

| term_end = January 8, 2014

| preceded = Buster O'Brien

| succeeded = Bill DeSteph

| birth_date = {{Birth date| 1934 | 7 | 13}}

| birth_place = Parsons, West Virginia, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age | 2018| 2 | 16| 1934 | 7 | 13}}

| death_place = {{nowrap|Virginia Beach, Virginia, U.S.}}

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| party = Republican

| spouse = Sonja Helene Firing

| alma_mater = Old Dominion University

| occupation = Stockbroker

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| allegiance = {{flag|United States}}

| branch = United States Army

| serviceyears = 1957–1962

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| unit = U.S. Army Reserve

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Harry Robert "Bob" Purkey (July 13, 1934 – February 16, 2018) was an American politician. Starting in 1986, he was a Republican member of the Virginia House of Delegates, representing the 82nd district in Virginia Beach.{{cite web | title = Bio for Harry R. Purkey | publisher = Virginia House of Delegates | url = http://dela.state.va.us/dela/MemBios.nsf/a7b082ef6ed01eac85256c0d00515644/8c42f46a68ba2c8185257b640045691f?OpenDocument | accessdate = 2013-05-22}}{{cite web|url=https://pilotonline.com/news/government/politics/local/article_b9785351-3cf1-5d93-b753-cd21579ae93f.html|title=Harry "Bob" Purkey, former Virginia Beach delegate, dies at 84|first=Amy|last=Poulter|website=pilotonline.com|accessdate=21 February 2018|archive-date=February 21, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180221161316/https://pilotonline.com/news/government/politics/local/article_b9785351-3cf1-5d93-b753-cd21579ae93f.html|url-status=dead}}

Purkey announced that he would not run for reelection in 2013.{{cite news | author = Meola, Olympia | title = Another longtime delegate, Harry R. Purkey, is retiring | work = Richmond Times-Dispatch | url = http://www.timesdispatch.com/news/state-regional/another-longtime-delegate-harry-r-purkey-is-retiring/article_894e7b5e-a008-5cbd-9134-8911b152ad5e.html | date = 2013-04-07 | accessdate = 2013-05-22}}