Harry Wright was a financial agent and political figure in British Columbia

British Columbia

British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...

. He represented Ymir

Ymir (electoral district)

Ymir was the name of a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia located in the West Kootenay region. It is named after Ymir, a village east of Trail, B.C. and south of Nelson, B.C....

 from 1903 to 1907 and Nelson City from 1909 to 1912 in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia

Legislative Assembly of British Columbia

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 as a Conservative

British Columbia Conservative Party

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He was born in Adjala township, Simcoe County, Ontario

Simcoe County, Ontario

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, the son of Joseph Wright, and was educated in Simcoe

Simcoe, Ontario

Simcoe is an unincorporated community and former town in Southwestern Ontario, Canada located near Lake Erie. It is the county seat and largest community of Norfolk County....

. In 1900, Wright married Jennie McLeod. He served as mining recorder and assessor, and later as government agent and gold commissioner for Nelson

Nelson, British Columbia

Nelson is a city located in the Selkirk Mountains on the extreme West Arm of Kootenay Lake in the Southern Interior of British Columbia, Canada. Known as "The Queen City", and acknowledged for its impressive collection of restored heritage buildings from its glory days in a regional silver rush,...

. Wright was defeated when he ran for reelection to the assembly in 1912 as an independent Conservative.