Jeremy Harrison

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name = Jeremy Harrison
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birth_date = January 29, 1978
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office1 = Member of Parliament for Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River
term_start1 = 2004
term_end1 = February 5, 2006
predecessor1 = Rick Laliberté
successor1 = Gary Merasty
office2 = MLA for Meadow Lake
term_start2 = November 21, 2007
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predecessor2 = Maynard Sonntag
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party = Conservative, Saskatchewan Party
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occupation = lawyer, political staffer

Jeremy Harrison (born January 29, 1978) is a Canadian politician, currently representing the riding of Meadow Lake in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan. Harrison is also the former Canadian Member of Parliament for the riding of Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River, a riding that encompasses the northern half of the province of Saskatchewan.

Born in Saskatoon, Harrison joined the Reform Party in 1996 and served in numerous positions in Reform, the Canadian Alliance, and the Conservative Party of Canada, including time as a political staffer in the Office of the Leader of the Opposition in Ottawa. He worked for Stephen Harper's leadership campaign in 2002, and from 2002 to 2004 he served on the national executive of the Canadian Alliance. During this time Harrison was also enrolled at the University of Saskatchewan College of Law. He graduated from that institution with a Bachelor of Law degree in the spring of 2004.

He was elected to Parliament as a Conservative in the 2004 federal election. Harrison's concerns in the 38th Canadian parliament generally lay in fiscal issues rather than social ones, and as such he is regarded as a libertarian-conservative within his party. Despite any libertarian tendencies, however, he voted against extending marriage rights to same-sex couples.

Harrison was narrowly defeated in the 2006 federal election by Liberal opponent Gary Merasty. On election night, the margin was 109 votes. He challenged the result, alleging threats and ballot-stuffing by the Liberals, but a judicial recount confirmed Merasty's victory, by a reduced margin of 67 votes. ref|cbc20060210a On Feb. 20, Harrison announced that he would not pursue the matter further.

Subsequent to the 2006 election Harrison served as a senior official in the Conservative government.

Harrison was acclaimed as the Saskatchewan Party's candidate in Meadow Lake in June 2007. ref|cbc20070615a

He was initially declared defeated in the 2007 election, narrowly losing to incumbent MLA Maynard Sonntag in Meadow Lake, but was subsequently declared elected after a count error was noted the following day. The count of absentee ballots on November 19 confirmed Harrison's victory.

Harrison has been cited as being part of the Conservative Party of Canada's alleged In-and-Out scheme during the 2006 election.

External links

* [http://www.uoguelph.ca/~uogpc/news/07102004-herald.html Tiny Tories] , "Calgary Herald", July 10 2004
* [http://www.mmf.mb.ca/coranto/viewnews.cgi?id=EEEFFkVyllCNrsRCRZ M.P Jeremy Harrison’s motion M-193 upheld in the House of Commons] , "Manitoba Metis Federation Inc. - News", April 25 2005
* [http://forums.macleans.ca/advansis/?mod=for&act=dip&pid=116548&tid=116548&eid=62&so=1&ps=20&sb=1 BTC: Naming Names] , " Maclean's Canada", April 28 2008

References

* [http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2006/01/29/merasty-harrison060129.html?ref=rss/ Liberal's margin shrinks in Saskatchewan riding] , "CBC News", January 29 2006
* [http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2006/02/10/saskrecount060210.html Liberals hold on to Saskatchewan riding after judicial recount] , "CBC News", February 10 2006
* [http://www.cbc.ca/sask/story/election-fight060220.html Harrison gives up fight to overturn election] , "CBC News", February 20 2006
* [http://www.cbc.ca/canada/saskatchewan/story/2007/06/15/harrison-sask-party.html/ Former Sask. Tory MP running provincially] , CBC News, June 15 2007

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DATE OF BIRTH=January 29, 1978
PLACE OF BIRTH=Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
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