Paul Harriss

Paul Harriss
Minister for Resources
In office
31 March 2014 – 18 February 2016
PremierWill Hodgman
Preceded byBryan Green
Succeeded byAdam Brooks
Member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly
for Franklin
In office
15 March 2014 – 18 February 2016
Succeeded byNic Street
Member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council for Huon
In office
25 May 1996 – 24 February 2014
Preceded byAthol Meyer
Succeeded byRobert Armstrong
Personal details
Born
Andrew Paul Harriss

(1954-08-11)11 August 1954
Franklin, Tasmania, Australia
Died1 October 2022(2022-10-01) (aged 68)
Political partyLiberal Party
Other political
affiliations		Independent
OccupationDraftsman

Andrew Paul Harriss (11 August 1954 – 1 October 2022) was an Australian politician. He was a Liberal Party member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly from March 2014 to February 2016, representing the electorate of Franklin.

Harriss was an independent member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council from 1996 to 2014, amassing a lengthy conservative voting record. He resigned from the Legislative Council in 2014, a short time before the conclusion of his Legislative Council term, in order to contest the House of Assembly election as a Liberal.[1] He had previously lost a race as a Liberal candidate at the 1996 Tasmanian election. After the Liberals won the 2014 election, he was appointed Minister for Resources.[2] In that role, he generated criticism for his combative stance against environmentalists.[3]

On 17 February 2016, Harriss announced that he was resigning from the Hodgman ministry and from the parliament, effective the next day.[4] Kingborough Council councillor Nic Street was elected in a countback to fill the vacancy on 1 March 2016.[5]

Harriss died on 1 October 2022.[6]

  1. ^ "Harriss to stand as a Liberal in Franklin". The Examiner. 18 November 2013. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
  2. ^ "Nine first-time ministers in new Tasmanian Government". ABC News. 31 March 2014. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
  3. ^ "Harriss' war on the Greens hurting Tassie". Retrieved 27 October 2016.
  4. ^ "Tasmania's Resources Minister Paul Harriss retires from Parliament". ABC News. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
  5. ^ House of Assembly – Division of Franklin Recount, Tasmanian Electoral Commission, 2 March 2016.
  6. ^ "Former state parliamentarian and Minister for Resources Paul Harriss passed away over the weekend". The Examiner. Retrieved 3 October 2020.