John Paul Harney

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John Paul Harney (aka Jean-Paul Harney) (born February 2, 1931) is a professor and former Canadian politician.

Harney ran as a candidate for the New Democratic Party throughout the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. In 1971, he was a candidate at the party's leadership convention, coming in third behind winner David Lewis and runner-up James Laxer.

He won a seat in the House of Commons in the 1972 federal election representing Scarborough West, but was defeated in the subsequent 1974 election.

Born in Quebec and fluently bilingual, Harney returned to the province while on sabattical from York University and became leader of the Quebec wing of the federal NDP in 1984. He led the relaunching of the New Democratic Party of Quebec as a provincial party in 1985[1] but was unable to win a seat either in the federal House of Commons (running in Lévis, Quebec in two elections) or in the Quebec National Assembly and stepped down in 1988.

Harney was a humanities professor at York University prior to returning to Quebec in 1985.[2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Fraser, Graham, "Toronto university professor runs as Quebec NDP chief," Globe and Mail, September 3, 1984
  2. ^ Canadian Press, "Quebec's fledgling NDP picks Harney to lead way," Globe and Mail, June 3, 1985
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