Keith Stuart Harrington

HARRINGTON, KEITH STUART, teacher, farmer, and potato shipper; b. 6 August 1918 in Spring Valley, son of William John Harrington and Maude Lulu Ramsay; m. 28 August 1943 Irene Isabel MacAusland of Howlan, and they had five children, Myrna, Cordelia, Eleanor, Judy, William, and Alan; Anglican; d. 14 December 1987 in Halifax. Harrington, a Conservative, was first elected in the general election of 1959. He was re-elected in the general elections of 1962 and 1966. He was defeated in the general election of 1970. While in Opposition, Harrington was Agriculture critic. Harrington served on the Public Buildings Committee and the Labour Management Committee. He also served as campaign manager for Angus MacLean*. Harrington received his early education in Spring Valley and subsequently attended Prince of Wales College. When his studies were completed, he taught at schools in Clermont and Travellers Rest, before returning to the family farm where he began his farming career. Harrington would later become a major potato grower and shipper in Kensington. He was a member of the Kensington Board of Trade, the Board of the Prince County Hospital, and the Hospital and Health Services Commission. Harrington was a charter member of the Kensington Chamber of Commerce and a member of the Farmers Federation and the Masonic Lodge. He was an active member of St. Stephen's Anglican Church, and a member of the Anglican Laymen of the New London Parish. Keith Harrington died 14 December 1987 in the Halifax Infirmary.