Mike Harris Jr.
Canadian politician
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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. In the 2024 Provincial Cabinet Shuffle Mike Harris was appointed Minister of Red Tape Reduction.
Mike Harris Jr. | |
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| Minister of Red Tape Reduction | |
| Assumed office June 6th, 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Parm Gill |
| Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Natural Resources and Forestry | |
| Assumed office June 26, 2019 | |
| Minister | Paul Calandra |
| 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 |
He is the son of former Ontario premier Mike Harris.[2] He is not related to Michael Harris, his immediate predecessor as MPP for Kitchener—Conestoga.[3]
Political career
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.[4] 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".[5] Harris was reelected in the 2022 general election.[2]
Personal life
Harris lives in Kitchener with his wife Kim and their five children.[6]
Electoral record
| 2025 Ontario general election: Kitchener—Conestoga | ||||||||
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| 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[7] | ||||||||
| 2022 Ontario general election: Kitchener—Conestoga | ||||||||
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| 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[8] | ||||||||
