Andrew Paul Harriss, an Australian politician who was a Liberal Party member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly from March 2014 to February 2016, representing the electorate of Franklin has died.
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He was born on 11 August 1954 and died on 2 Oct. 2022 at age 68 following a two-year battle with prostate cancer.
Was Paul Harriss married? There is no information regarding the late politician’s marital status.
Mr. Harriss was an independent member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council from 1996 to 2014, amassing a lengthy conservative voting record.
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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.
He had previously lost a race as a Liberal candidate at the 1996 Tasmanian election.
Following the Liberals’ victory in the 2014 election, he was appointed Minister for Resources and in that role, he generated criticism for his combative stance against environmentalists.
Mr. Harriss announced on 17th Feb. 2016 that he was resigning from the Hodgman ministry and from the parliament, effective the next day.
Following his resignation, Kingborough Council councillor Nic Street was elected in a countback to fill the vacancy on 1 March 2016.
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