Birthname: | Harry Robert Purkey |
State Delegate: | Virginia |
District: | 82nd |
Term Start: | January 8, 1986 |
Term End: | January 8, 2014 |
Preceded: | Buster O'Brien |
Succeeded: | Bill DeSteph |
Birth Date: | 13 July 1934 |
Birth Place: | Parsons, West Virginia, U.S. |
Party: | Republican |
Spouse: | Sonja Helene Firing |
Alma Mater: | Old Dominion University |
Occupation: | Stockbroker |
Allegiance: | United States |
Branch: | United States Army |
Serviceyears: | 1957 - 1962 |
Unit: | U.S. Army Reserve |
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.[1] [2]
Purkey announced that he would not run for reelection in 2013.[3]