Harvey Hodder (1943 – 17 September 2020) was a Canadian politician in

Newfoundland and Labrador Newfoundland and Labrador (; french: Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador; frequently abbreviated as NL) is the easternmost province of Canada, in the country's Atlantic region. The province comprises the island of Newfoundland and the continental region ...

. Hodder was the Progressive Conservative Member of the House of Assembly (MHA) for the riding of

Waterford Valley Waterford Valley is a provincial electoral district in Newfoundland and Labrador, which is represented by one member in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly. It was contested for the first time in the 2015 provincial election. It wa ...

(later renamed Mount Pearl North) from 1993 to 2007. Hodder was educated at

Memorial University Memorial University of Newfoundland, also known as Memorial University or MUN (), is a public university in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, based in St. John's, with satellite campuses in Corner Brook, elsewhere in Newfoundland and i ...

. He served on the municipal council for

Mount Pearl Mount Pearl is the third-largest settlement and second-largest city in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. The city is located southwest of St. John's, on the eastern tip of the Avalon Peninsula on the island of Newfoundland. Mount Pearl is the f ...

and was elected mayor four times. Hodder served twelve years on the St. John's Metropolitan Area Board. From 2003 to 2007, he was the Speaker of the

Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly The Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly is the unicameral deliberative assembly of the General Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It meets in the Confederation Building in St. J ...

. He died in Creston South.

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2020 deaths 1943 births Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador MHAs Mayors of Mount Pearl 21st-century Canadian politicians Memorial University of Newfoundland alumni Newfoundland and Labrador municipal councillors {{Newfoundland-mayor-stub