Claude L. Harrison Explained

Claude Harrison
Order:Mayor of Victoria, British Columbia
Term Start:1951
Term End:1955
Predecessor:Percy E. George
Successor:Percy B. Scurrah
Birth Date:20 September 1886
Birth Place:Victoria, British Columbia
Death Place:Victoria, British Columbia

Claude Lionel Harrison (September 20, 1886  - March 12, 1986) became the 44th mayor of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, after serving as the city's prosecutor for forty years.

The son of judge Eli Harrison and Eunice Mary Louisa Seabrook,[1] [2] he was born in Victoria.[1] He was 64 years old when he was elected as mayor, serving from 1951 until 1955.[3]

In 1953, during Harrison's term as mayor, the Harrison Yacht Pond was built for use by model boats.[4]

After John Maitland Marshall, a librarian suspected of leftist leanings, was fired in 1954, Harrison stated that he would support the burning of any subversive books found on library shelves.[5]

Harrison died in Victoria at the age of 99.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Vital Event Birth Registration . BC Archives .
  2. Book: Fox-Davies, Arthur Charles . Armorial families : a directory of gentlemen of coat-armour . 888 . 1929 . 1.
  3. Web site: Claude Lionel Harrison . Beyond Nootka . Elms . Lindsay.
  4. Web site: About Harrison Yacht Pond . Victoria Model Shipbuilding Society . 2014-06-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160703050054/http://www.vmss.ca/general_info/where_to_find_us.htm . 2016-07-03 . dead .
  5. News: Book excerpt: Red Scare ensnared city's first bookmobile librarian . April 28, 2012 . Victoria Times-Colonist.
  6. Web site: Vital Event Death Registration . BC Archives .