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John James "Jack" Harris
MP
	John James "Jack" Harris ; MP
	;
	Member of the Canadian Parliament; for St. John's East
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 2008
Preceded by	Norman Doyle
	In office; July 20, 1987 – 1988
Preceded by	James McGrath
Succeeded by	Ross Reid
	Leader of the Newfoundland and Labrador New Democratic Party
	In office; 1992 – 2006
Preceded by	Cle Newhook
Succeeded by	Lorraine Michael
	MHA for Signal Hill-Quidi Vidi
	In office; 1990 – 2006
Preceded by	Shannie Duff
Succeeded by	Lorraine Michael
Born	October 27, 1948 (age 61); St. John's, Newfoundland
Political party	New Democratic Party
Spouse(s)	Ann Martin
Profession	Lawyer, Journalist

John James "Jack" Harris (born October 27, 1948 in St. John's, Newfoundland) is a Canadian politician and lawyer. He is a former leader of the Newfoundland and Labrador New Democratic Party.

Harris first became a member of the Canadian House of Commons after winning a by-election in the electoral district of St. John's East on July 20, 1987. Harris was the second New Democratic Party (NDP) candidate ever elected to the House of Commons in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador.

Harris was elected to the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly in the 1990 provincial election and became leader of the provincial NDP in 1992. He was re-elected to the Legislature in the 1993, 1996, 1999 and 2003 elections.

On October 14, 2008, Jack Harris was a second time elected Member of Parliament for the federal riding of St. John's East receiving 74.1% of the vote—the fifth highest winning percentage in Canada.

[edit] Electoral history

Running in St. John's East:

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democrat	Jack Harris	31,369	74.63%
	Liberal	Walter Noel	5,273	12.34%
	Conservative	Craig Westcott	3,872	9.21%
	Green	Howard Story	586	1.39%
	Independent	Shannon Tobin	584	1.39%
	NLF	Les Coultas	349	0.83%
Total valid votes
Total rejected ballots
Turnout				%

Signal Hill-Quidi Vidi, Newfoundland and Labrador general election, 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	+/-
	New Democrat	Jack Harris	2,456
	Liberal	Karen Carol	2,221
	Progressive Conservative	Ray O'Neil	391

Signal Hill-Quidi Vidi, Newfoundland and Labrador general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	+/-
	New Democrat	Jack Harris	2,179
	Liberal	Pete Sousey	2,010
	Progressive Conservative	Chris O'Brien	793
	Independent	Shaun Dunn	53
	Independent	Paul David Hillier	116
	Independent	John Whelan	48

Signal Hill-Quidi Vidi, Newfoundland and Labrador general election, 1996
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	+/-
	New Democrat	Jack Harris	2,800
	Liberal	Joan Cook	1,661
	Progressive Conservative	Cy Mills	902
	Independent	Jason Crummey	120

St. John's East, Newfoundland and Labrador general election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	+/-
	New Democrat	Jack Harris	2,336
	Liberal	Joan Cook	1,728
	Progressive Conservative	Sean Fitzgerald	1,285

St. John's East, Newfoundland and Labrador by-election, December 11, 1990
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	+/-
	New Democrat	Jack Harris	1,977	49.24
	Liberal	Barbara Chalker	1,237	30.81
	Progressive Conservative	John Ottenheimer	801	19.95

Running in St. John's East:

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Ross Reid	21,503	44.13	+9.16
	New Democrat	Jack Harris	17,198	35.30	-10.98
	Liberal	Jim Baird	9,285	19.06	+1.84
	Christian Heritage	Robert Tremblett	739	1.52	Ø
Total valid votes			48,725

Canadian federal by-election, July 20, 1987 : St. John's East edit
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	New Democrat	Jack Harris	15,842
	Progressive Conservative	Tom Hickey	11,971
	Liberal	Steve Neary	5,894
	Rhino	Peter Francis Quinlan	527

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