Honorific-Prefix: | The Hon. |
Earl Wallace Urquhart | |
Office: | Senator for Inverness-Richmond, Nova Scotia |
Appointed: | Lester B. Pearson |
Term Start: | February 24, 1966 |
Term End: | August 17, 1971 |
Office2: | Member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly for Richmond |
Predecessor2: | Lauchlin Daniel Currie |
Successor2: | Gerald Doucet |
Term Start2: | 1949 |
Term End2: | 1963 |
Office3: | Nova Scotia Opposition Leader |
Predecessor3: | Henry Hicks |
Successor3: | Peter M. Nicholson |
Term Start3: | 1960 |
Term End3: | 1962 |
Birth Date: | 22 February 1921 |
Birth Place: | West Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada |
Death Place: | Canada |
Party: | Liberal |
Otherparty: | Nova Scotia Liberal Party |
Profession: | lawyer |
Earl Wallace Urquhart (February 22, 1921 - August 17, 1971) was a Canadian politician and lawyer.[1]
Urquhart was born in West Bay, Inverness County, Nova Scotia, Canada. Urquhart served in the Canadian Infantry Corps and the Royal Canadian Air Force during World War II.
he was elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly for Richmond in a 1949 by-election held after Lauchlin Daniel Currie was named to the bench. He served as a member of the assembly from 1949 to 1963. From 1960 to 1962, he was the House Leader. He was Leader of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party from 1962 to 1965.
He was summoned to the Senate on February 24, 1966 on the recommendation of Lester B. Pearson. A Liberal, he represented the senatorial division of Inverness-Richmond in the province of Nova Scotia until his death at the age of 50.