Paul Harriss
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The Honourable Andrew Paul Harriss (born; 11 August 1954) is an independent member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council
in the Electoral division of Huon
.
First elected in May 1996 and re-elected in both 2002 and 2008, Harriss is a conservative independent within the council. His term expires in May 2014.
He stood as a Liberal candidate in the 1996 Tasmanian election. He narrowly lost out to independent Bruce Goodluck
in the Division of Franklin
.
Tasmanian Legislative Council
The Legislative Council, or upper house, is one of the two chambers of the Parliament of Tasmania in Australia. The other is the House of Assembly. It sits in Parliament House in the state capital, Hobart...
in the Electoral division of Huon
Electoral division of Huon
The Electoral division of Huon is one of the fifteen electorates or seats in the Tasmanian Legislative Council. It was created in 1999, however similar electorates of this name have existed since 1900 , and members of the Tasmanian upper house for this region appear to have been elected since 1856...
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First elected in May 1996 and re-elected in both 2002 and 2008, Harriss is a conservative independent within the council. His term expires in May 2014.
He stood as a Liberal candidate in the 1996 Tasmanian election. He narrowly lost out to independent Bruce Goodluck
Bruce Goodluck
Bruce John Goodluck AM is a retired Australian politician. Born in Hobart, Tasmania, he was a company director before serving on Clarence Municipal Council from 1972-1975. He was President of the Australian Automobile Chamber of Commerce in 1974...
in the Division of Franklin
Division of Franklin (state)
The Electoral Division of Franklin is one of the five electorates in the Tasmanian House of Assembly. The division is named after Sir John Franklin, the arctic explorer who was Lieutenant-Governor of Van Diemen's Land 1837-43...
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