Mike Harris Jr. (born 1985) is a Canadian politician who was elected to the

Legislative Assembly of Ontario The Legislative Assembly of Ontario (OLA; ) is the legislative chamber of the Canadian province of Ontario. Its elected members are known as Members of Provincial Parliament (MPPs). Bills passed by the Legislative Assembly are given royal as ...

in the 2018 provincial election.Jeff Outhit and Catherine Thompson
"Mike Harris Jr. wins in Kitchener-Conestoga, taking riding previously held by Michael Harris"
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'', June 7, 2018. He represents the riding of Kitchener—Conestoga as a member of the

Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario The Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario (PC; ), often shortened to the Ontario PC Party, or simply the PCs, colloquially known as the Tories, is a Centre-right politics, centre-right political party in Ontario, Canada. During its uninterr ...

. In the 2024 Provincial Cabinet Shuffle Mike Harris was appointed Minister of Red Tape Reduction. He is the son of former Ontario premier

Mike Harris Michael Deane Harris (born January 23, 1945) is a retired Canadian politician who served as the 22nd premier of Ontario from 1995 to 2002 and leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario (PC Party) from 1990 to 2002. Taking the PC ...

. He is not related to Michael Harris, his immediate predecessor as MPP for Kitchener—Conestoga.

Political career

In the

2018 Ontario general election The 2018 Ontario general election was held on June 7, 2018, to elect the 124 members of the 42nd Parliament of Ontario. The Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario, led by Doug Ford Jr., Doug Ford, won 76 of the 124 seats in the legislature an ...

, Harris unsuccessfully stood to become the PC candidate in the district of Waterloo, losing to management consultant Dan Weber. 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". Harris was reelected in the 2022 general election.

Personal life

Harris lives in Kitchener with his wife Kim and their five children.

Electoral record

References

Politicians from Kitchener, Ontario Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario MPPs Living people 1985 births 21st-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario {{ProgressiveConservative-Ontario-MPP-stub