Harry Sohal | |
Birth Date: | 10 December 1946 |
Birth Place: | Athola Punjab India |
Death Place: | Calgary, Alberta, Canada |
Office: | MLA for Calgary McCall |
Term Start: | 1993 |
Term End: | November 15, 1994 |
Predecessor: | Stan Nelson |
Successor: | Shiraz Shariff |
Party: | Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta |
Occupation: | Businessman, consultant |
Harry B. Sohal (December 10, 1946 – November 15, 1994) was an Indian-born provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada.[1] After immigrating to Canada in 1971, Sohal earned an MA and then a PhD in history from the University of Waterloo in 1979. He worked as a consultant and small businessman before entering public life.
Sohal was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta in the 1993 Alberta general election. He won the Calgary McCall electoral district holding it for the Progressive Conservatives. Sohal died a year into his first term in office on November 15, 1994, as a result of a heart attack while jogging.[2] [3]