Dick Harris

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Richard M. Harris
Member of Parliament for Cariboo—Prince George
Incumbent
Assumed office  1993
Preceded by	Brian Gardiner
Born	September 6, 1944 (1944-09-06) (age 63) Vancouver, British Columbia
Political party	Conservative

Richard M. (Dick) Harris (born September 6, 1944) is a Canadian politician.

Born in Vancouver, British Columbia, he was a self-employed businessman in the tire industry before being elected as a Reform candidate to the Canadian House of Commons for the riding of Prince George—Bulkley Valley in 1993. He was re-elected in 1997 and as a Canadian Alliance candidate in 2000. In 2004, he was elected as a Conservative candidate for the riding of Cariboo—Prince George. From 2001 to 2002, he was the Chief Opposition Whip. Following the 2006 Conservative victory, he was appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Natural Resources and Chairman of the British Columbia Conservative Caucus.

[edit] Controversy

In light of an ethics accusation, the national Conservative party declared it did not applaud a conclusion by Harris to assign a Tory in a constituency possessed by a New Democratic Party deputy to serve as a passage to the administration. But it has not blamed his declaration that voters in the Skeena-Bulkley Valley district would acquire improved help from the powers if they do business with the designated Conservative contender, Houston mayor Sharon Smith, than they will via their elected MP, New Democrat Nathan Cullen.^[1]

Conservative Party spokesman Ryan Sparrow stated that Harris devised the concept himself without legitimate authorization from Ottawa, despite Prime Minister Stephen Harper's well-established practice of tight party control, even of cabinet ministers.^[2]

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Synopsis of federal political experience from the Library of Parliament
• Dick Harris' official website

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