Harry Allen Corey (March 12, 1901[citation needed] – January 20, 1989) was a Canadian entrepreneur and politician.
His wife Nelda played an active role in the creation and development of the family's lumber business which led the couple to the small community of Harvey, New Brunswick[citation needed] He moved to Harvey Station in 1934 and bought forest holdings in west-central New Brunswick.
[citation needed] He was elected in 1944 and 1948 as a Liberal member representing York County in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick.
[1] He was a fifth generation descendant of Loyalist Gideon Corey of North Kingston, Washington County, Rhode Island, who came to Canada at the peace in 1783.
He was a fifth generation descendant of Donald MacDonald, native of the Isle of Skye, who migrated to New Brunswick prior to 1790 first settling in the Moncton area and marrying Ann Smith and later moved to New Canaan, Brunswick Parish, in Queens County where he acquired and operated a grist mill and farm.
He was a third cousin once removed to Richard Chapman Weldon QC, PhD (Harvard), MP, Albert County Politician and co-founder and first dean of Dalhousie Law School in Halifax through his great-great-grandmother Ann Smith whose sister Martha Smith married John Geldart and in time became great-grandparents of Dean Weldon.