Graham Harle

Graham Lisle Harle ECA (December 9, 1931 – February 9, 2022) was a British-born Canadian provincial level politician from Alberta.

[2] Harle ran for a seat to the Alberta Legislature for the first time in a by-election held on February 14, 1972, in the electoral district of Stettler.

He defeated former Social Credit MLA Galen Norris in a hotly contested race to hold the seat for the governing Progressive Conservatives.

[4] After winning his second term in office Harle was appointed to a position in the Executive Council of Alberta by Premier Peter Lougheed as Minister of Consumer and Corporate Affairs.

[8] Harle claimed that he was conducting a personal investigation of prostitution control and was seeking "firsthand information", but admitted he had not disclosed his plan with any police or government officials.