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Harry Archibald
Harry
Grenfell
Archibald
was a
Canadian
politician
, foreman and
seaman
. He was born in
Wynot, Saskatchewan
. He was elected to the
House of Commons of Canada
in
1945
as a member of the
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
for the
riding
of
Skeena
.
A sympathiser of
Trotskyism
, Archibald was a
covert
member of the
Revolutionary Workers' Party
during part of his term in
Parliament
.
He was
defeated
in the
elections
of
1949
and
1953
. Between
1943
and 1945, he served in the
Royal Canadian Air Force
as a
Leading Aircraftman
.