Harvey Otis Douglas

DOUGLAS, HARVEY OTIS, farmer, potato dealer, and dairy owner; b. 25 November 1901 in Head of Hillsborough, son of Elisha A. Douglas and Emma Louise Coffin; m. 10 August 1927 Edith Elizabeth Pigot, and they had two children, W. Leslie and H. Lane; United; d. 13 September 1975 in Charlottetown. Douglas, a Liberal, was first elected to the Legislative Assembly in a by-election held 4 December 1950 for 2nd Kings. He was re-elected in the general elections of 1951 and 1955. He was defeated in the general election of 1959. Douglas served on the Town Council of Parkdale for 11 years. He attended school in Head of Hillsborough. At an early age, Douglas went to Western Canada and resided with his oldest brother Alfred, returning to the Island a few years later. Upon his return, he began farming, and later bought and sold potatoes at the Douglas Co-op Company Limited warehouse in Douglas Station for 13 years. He was a shareholder in the Morell Co-operative Creamery. During the Second World War, Douglas joined the Royal Canadian Air Force and spent almost five years in the service overseas. He landed on the beaches of Normandy on D-Day and continued to fight with the Royal Canadian Air Force until the Allied Forces reached Germany. In October 1945 he came back to his family and to farming. In April 1961 he and his wife moved to Parkdale where he resided until his death. Douglas was a member of the Caledonia Club, the Canadian Legion, and Park Royal United Church in Parkdale, where he served as both an elder and a steward. Harvey Douglas died 13 September 1975 at the Charlottetown Hospital. Edith Douglas was the daughter of W. Ross Pigot of Mount Stewart.