Harry Short

This article is about the Canadian politician. For the baseball player, see Harry Short (baseball).

Harry Bernard Short (1 September 1864 – 15 April 1937) was a Conservative member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Bear River, Nova Scotia and became a corporate manager and municipal politician.

Harry B. Short
Member of Parliament for Digby—Annapolis
In office October 1925 – August 1935
Preceded by	Lewis Johnstone Lovett
Succeeded by	riding dissolved
Personal details
Born	Harry Bernard Short (1864-09-01)1 September 1864 Bear River, Nova Scotia
Died	15 April 1937(1937-04-15) (aged 72)
Political party	Conservative
Spouse	Flora K. Robinson ​ (m. 1891)​ [1]
Profession	Manager

Short attended school at Digby Academy. For five years, he served as Digby's mayor, and was director and manager of Maritime Fish Corporation's Digby division.^[1]

He was first elected to Parliament at the Digby—Annapolis riding in the 1925 general election and re-elected there in 1926 and 1930. After completing his term in the 17th Canadian Parliament, Short did not seek re-election in 1935.