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Place of Birth: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
About Dick Harris
- Richard M.
- Harris (born September 6, 1944) is a Canadian politician.
- He was a Member of Parliament from 1993 to 2015 and sat as a member of the Conservative Party of Canada.
- He was previously member of the Reform Party of Canada and the Canadian Alliance.
- From 2004 to 2015, he represented the electoral district of Cariboo—Prince George, and formerly represented Prince George–Bulkley Valley.
- He was first elected during the 1993 federal election and was re-elected in 1997, 2000, 2004, 2006, 2008 and 2011.
- He challenged Reform Party leader Preston Manning for leadership when Manning proposed merging the party with the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada.
- He later campaigned for Stockwell Day to become leader.
- The most prominent position he held with his party was Chief Opposition Whip from 2001 to 2002.
- He generated controversy when he appointed an unelected, Conservative Party member to represent a neighbouring electoral district in governmental affairs, though the electoral district had an elected Member of Parliament, but from an opposition party.
- In Fiscal Year 2009-10 he was the top spending Member of Parliament, and had the largest hospitality and lowest advertising expenditures of any house member.He has served a member on several parliamentary committees, including the 'Standing Committee on Finance' during the 36th and 37th Parliaments and the 'Standing Committee on Natural Resources' during the 39th, and 40th Parliaments.
- In the 41st Parliament he sat on the Veteran's Affairs Committee.
- He has introduced three Private Member Bills into the House of Commons.
- The first two bills were introduced when he was a member of the opposition.
- The first bill, having to do with penalties for drunk driving was defeated, however, the government felt that the content of the bill was worthy of introducing a similar bill which was passed.
- The second bill : An Act to amend the Criminal Code (failure to stop at scene of accident) was introduced in the 38th Parliament but was not adopted.
- His third private members bill was introduced during the 41st Parliament; An Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act (incarceration) was introduced in October 2011.
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