Harold William Langille (January 18, 1944 – April 12, 2020) was a tree farmer, police officer and political figure in

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, Canada. He represented Colchester North in the

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from 1999 to 2006 as a Progressive Conservative. Born in 1944 in

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, Langille was educated at the Ontario Police College and the Ontario Provincial Police Academy. He worked as a police officer in Truro and

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. After his retirement in 1994, he returned to Nova Scotia and owned and operated tree farms in

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. Langille entered provincial politics in

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, winning the Colchester North riding by more than 1300 votes. In the 2003 election, he was re-elected by more than 1100 votes. Langille did not reoffer in the 2006 election. He died of liver cancer on April 12, 2020.

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* 1944 births 2020 deaths People from Truro, Nova Scotia Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia MLAs 20th-century members of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly 21st-century members of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly {{ProgressiveConservative-NovaScotia-MLA-stub