Rankin, Harry

RANKIN, Harry, lawyer, civic politician (b 8 May 1920, Vancouver; d there 26 Feb 2002). For 2 decades he was the most popular and controversial alderman on VANCOUVER city council. He graduated from UBC law school following service in WWII and was called to the bar in 1950. A self-declared socialist from his student days, he gained a reputation as the defender of the underprivileged with a special interest in labour law and civil liberties. He won election to city council for the first time in...

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