Dean Andrew Harriss is the son of 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.
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Dean Harriss, just like his late father is also a politician.
During the May 2022 by-election, Dean was elected to the Tasmanian Legislative Council as the independent member for Huon, following the resignation of Labor-turned-independent MLC Bastian Seidel.
Sadly, Dean lost his father on Oct. 2, 2022.
His father died following a two-year battle with prostate cancer.
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Prior to his death, he 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.
He had previously lost a race as a Liberal candidate at the 1996 Tasmanian election and following the Liberals’ victory in the 2014 election, he was appointed Minister for Resources.
In that role, he generated criticism for his combative stance against environmentalists.
Premier Jeremy Rockliff said Mr Harriss was a mentor and was kind and compassionate.
“When I was elected in 2002, Paul had been a member of parliament for some years,” Mr Rockliff told reporters on Monday.
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