Mike Harris Jr.
Mike Harris Jr. | |
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| Minister of Natural Resources | |
| Assumed office March 19, 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Graydon Smith |
| Minister of Red Tape Reduction | |
| In office June 6, 2024 – March 19, 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Parm Gill |
| Succeeded by | Andrea Khanjin |
| Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament for Kitchener—Conestoga | |
| Assumed office June 29, 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Michael Harris |
| Personal details | |
| Born | February 1985 (age 41) |
| Party | Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario |
| Relations | Mike Harris (father) |
| Occupation | Politician |
Mike Harris Jr. MPP (born 1985) is a Canadian politician who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the 2018 provincial election.[1] He represents the riding of Kitchener—Conestoga as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario. He serves as provincial Minister of Natural Resources, having previously served as Minister of Red Tape Reduction.[2]
He is the son of former Ontario premier Mike Harris.[3] He is not related to Michael Harris, his immediate predecessor as MPP for Kitchener—Conestoga.[4]
Political career
[edit]In the 2018 Ontario general election, Harris unsuccessfully stood to become the PC candidate in the district of Waterloo, losing to management consultant Dan Weber.[5] Instead, Harris was chosen as the party's nominee in the district of Kitchener—Conestoga. At the time of his election in 2018, he was said to have "only recent expressed an interest in politics".[6] Harris was reelected in the 2022 general election.[3]
Personal life
[edit]Harris lives in Kitchener with his wife Kim and their five children.[7] He is a graduate of Nipissing University in North Bay.[8]
Electoral record
[edit]| 2025 Ontario general election: Kitchener—Conestoga | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Mike Harris Jr. | 16,946 | 41.54 | +1.53 | $86,900 | |||
| Liberal | Joe Gowing | 12,031 | 29.49 | +11.96 | $17,307 | |||
| New Democratic | Jodi Szimanski | 7,551 | 18.51 | –10.36 | $39,506 | |||
| Green | Brayden Wagenaar | 2,227 | 5.46 | –0.80 | $0 | |||
| New Blue | Jim Karahalios | 1,152 | 2.83 | –3.08 | $12,335 | |||
| Ontario Party | Patrick Doucette | 890 | 2.18 | +0.85 | $5,565 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 40,797 | 99.20 | -0.18 | $129,674 | ||||
| Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots | 329 | 0.80 | +0.18 | |||||
| Turnout | 41,126 | 51.62 | +2.74 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 79,677 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | –5.95 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[9] | ||||||||
| 2022 Ontario general election: Kitchener—Conestoga | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Mike Harris Jr. | 15,045 | 40.03 | +0.45 | $97,578 | |||
| New Democratic | Karen Meissner | 10,851 | 28.87 | −9.11 | $102,506 | |||
| Liberal | Melanie Van Alphen | 6,590 | 17.53 | +3.49 | $13,807 | |||
| Green | Nasir Abdulle | 2,315 | 6.16 | −0.48 | $0 | |||
| New Blue | Jim Karahalios | 2,223 | 5.91 | $68,446 | ||||
| Ontario Party | Elisabeth Perrin Snyder | 501 | 1.33 | $0 | ||||
| Populist | Jason Adair | 64 | 0.17 | $0 | ||||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 37,589 | 99.38 | +1.28 | $108,331 | ||||
| Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots | 234 | 0.62 | -1.28 | |||||
| Turnout | 37,823 | 48.88 | -11.05 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 76,692 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | +4.78 | ||||||
Source(s)
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| 2018 Ontario general election: Kitchener—Conestoga | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Mike Harris Jr. | 17,005 | 39.57 | +3.18 | ||||
| New Democratic | Kelly Dick | 16,319 | 37.97 | +16.78 | ||||
| Liberal | Joe Gowing | 6,035 | 14.04 | -19.30 | ||||
| Green | Bob Jonkman | 2,853 | 6.64 | -0.33 | ||||
| Libertarian | Daniel Benoy | 550 | 1.28 | -0.85 | ||||
| Consensus Ontario | Dan Holt | 212 | 0.49 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 42,974 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Turnout | 60.8 | |||||||
| Eligible voters | 70,712 | |||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[10] | ||||||||
References
[edit]- ↑ Jeff Outhit and Catherine Thompson, "Mike Harris Jr. wins in Kitchener-Conestoga, taking riding previously held by Michael Harris". Waterloo Region Record, June 7, 2018.
- ↑ "Hon. Mike Harris Legislative Assembly of Ontario". www.ola.org. 27 February 2025.
- 1 2 "PC Mike Harris Jr. re-elected in Kitchener-Conestoga". CBC News. 2022-06-02. Retrieved 2023-07-02.
- ↑ Greg Mercer, "The complicated candidate". Waterloo Region Record, June 4, 2018.
- ↑ "Mike Harris Jr. won't follow in father's footsteps...just yet". BayToday.ca. 2018-04-09. Retrieved 2023-07-03.
- ↑ Thompson, Catherine; Outhit, Jeff (2018-06-08). "Mike Harris Jr. wins in Kitchener-Conestoga, taking riding previously held by Michael Harris". The Record. Retrieved 2023-07-03.
- ↑ "Doug Downey appointed as Ontario PC Party candidate for Barrie-Springwater-Oro-Medonte". OrilliaMatters.com. 2018-04-21. Retrieved 2023-07-03.
- ↑ https://www.academicjobs.com/employers/nipissing-university/9388/notable-alumni
- ↑ "Kitchener—Conestoga Unofficial Election Results". Elections Ontario. 28 February 2025. Retrieved 28 February 2025.
- ↑ "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. p. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 December 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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