Harold Long (April 10, 1941 and from 1958 he worked in the family transportation business (City Transfer) and in 1979 purchased and expanded it. He served as Deputy Whip for the Government Caucus and worked as a BC Ferries director until 1991.
He held positions as Deputy Chair of the Committee of the Whole and was member of the Government Caucus Committee on Natural Resources.
Death
Long, aged 72, was the pilot and sole occupant of a DHC-2 Beaver float plane that was seen overturned in Bute Inlet, near Stuart Island, north of the city of Campbell River, on May 21, 2013. The Canadian Coast Guard and Royal Canadian Mounted Police recovered his body from the scene.