Harry Short
{{Short description|Canadian politician}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name=Harry B. Short
| birthname=Harry Bernard Short
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| birth_date={{birth date|df=yes|1864|9|1}}
| birth_place=Bear River, Nova Scotia
| death_date={{death date and age|1937|4|15|1864|9|1|df=yes}}
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| spouse={{marriage |Flora K. Robinson|4 October 1891}}{{cite book | title=Canadian Parliamentary Guide | first=A.L. | last=Normandin | year=1932 }}
| residence=
| riding = Digby—Annapolis
| predecessor = Lewis Johnstone Lovett
| successor = riding dissolved
| term_start = October 1925
| term_end = August 1935
| profession=Manager
| party=Conservative
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Harry Bernard Short (1 September 1864 – 15 April 1937) was a Conservative member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Bear River, Nova Scotia and became a corporate manager and municipal politician.
Short attended school at Digby Academy. For five years, he served as Digby's mayor, and was director and manager of Maritime Fish Corporation's Digby division.
He was first elected to Parliament at the Digby—Annapolis riding in the 1925 general election and re-elected there in 1926 and 1930. After completing his term in the 17th Canadian Parliament, Short did not seek re-election in 1935.
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Category:Conservative Party of Canada (1867–1942) MPs
Category:Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Nova Scotia
Category:20th-century members of the House of Commons of Canada
Category:20th-century mayors of places in Nova Scotia
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