Former MLA identified as plane crash victim
Posted May 22, 2013 11:35 am.
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VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) – The victim of a deadly plane crash northeast of Campbell River yesterday has been identified as a former provincial politician.
Tributes are coming in for Harold Long, who served in the Legislature on two separate occasions.
He was the sole occupant of the Beaver aircraft that was found overturned in Bute Inlet.
Long was first elected as a Socred back in 1986, and was part of the BC Liberal landslide of 2001.
Nicholas Simons represents the riding these days and says he will be missed.
“He was known as an active business person in this community. People know everyone in these smaller coastal communities and so the whole community will be saddened by this news,” he explains.
“I feel very sad for his family, who are longtime residents here and my thoughts and condolences are with them,” he adds.
In a statement, Premier Christy Clark says she’ll never forget Long’s wise counsel and belief in giving back to British Columbia in ways big and small.
His family has operated a local transportation business for decades.
Long was 72.
