Louis_Harrington_Lewry

Scoop Lewry

Scoop Lewry

Canadian politician and reporter


Louis Harrington "Scoop" Lewry, CM (April 16, 1919 February 25, 1992) was a Canadian politician and reporter.

Quick Facts Louis Harrington "Scoop" Lewry, Member of the Canadian Parliament for Moose Jaw—Lake Centre ...

Born in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, he was elected as an alderman on the Moose Jaw City Council in 1948. Lewry later became mayor of the city in 1950 and served in this role until 1956. He was married to Jean Lewry (née Munroe), and had five children, Philip (Doreen Ludke), Catherine (Robert Patterson), Janet, Harold, and Mary (Roger Rothwell). He had 13 grandchildren and 7 great-grandchildren.

In 1957, he ran and won in a close race for the position of Member of Parliament for Moose Jaw—Lake Centre as a Co-operative Commonwealth Federation candidate. He ran again in 1958, losing widely to J. Ernest Pascoe in the Diefenbaker landslide. Pascoe was the same Conservative candidate he had defeated a year earlier.

He then served as mayor again, from 1965 to 1970 and, in a third term of office, from 1983 to 1988.

In 1980, he was made a Member of the Order of Canada.


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