Scoop Lewry

Louis Harrington "Scoop" Lewry
Member of the Canadian Parliament
for Moose Jaw—Lake Centre
In office
1957–1958
Preceded by W. Ross Thatcher
Succeeded by J. Ernest Pascoe
Personal details
Born (1919-04-16)April 16, 1919
Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan
Died February 25, 1992(1992-02-25) (aged 72)
Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan
Political party CCF

Louis Harrington "Scoop" Lewry, CM (April 16, 1919 February 25, 1992) was a Canadian politician and reporter.

Born in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, he was elected as an alderman on the Moose Jaw City Council in 1948. Lewry later became mayor of the city in 1950 and served in this role until 1956. He was married to Jean Lewry (née Munroe), and had five children, Philip (Doreen Ludke), Catherine (Robert Patterson), Janet, Harold, and Mary (Roger Rothwell). He had 13 grandchildren and 7 great grandchildren.

In 1957, he ran and won in a close race for the position of Member of Parliament for Moose Jaw—Lake Centre as a Co-operative Commonwealth Federation candidate. He ran again in 1958, losing widely to J. Ernest Pascoe in the Diefenbaker landslide. Pascoe was the same Conservative candidate he had defeated a year earlier.

He then served as Mayor again, from 1965 to 1970 and, in a third term of office, from 1983 to 1988.

In 1980, he was made a Member of the Order of Canada.

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