Harold Edward Welsh (May 5, 1896 – May 20, 1943) was a politician in Ontario, Canada.
The son of William Frederick Welsh and Caroline Mabel Oatwater, he was born in Moira, Ontario and was educated at the University of Toronto.
[1] He worked as a country doctor, living in Roslin and also served as coroner for Hastings County and as medical officer of health for Huntingdon, Thurlow and Tyendinaga townships.
[2][1] Welsh was elected to the assembly in 1936, defeating Liberal candidate Dr. Harold A. Boyce in a bitterly contested by-election held following the death of James Ferguson Hill.
[3] Welsh died in office; he drowned while fishing in Algonquin Provincial Park.