Jim Harris
- January 8, 2024
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Jim Harris Biography
| Name | Jim Harris |
| Birthday | Feb 12 |
| Birth Year | 1961 |
| Place Of Birth | Toronto |
| Home Town | Ontario |
| Birth Country | Canada |
| Birth Sign | Aquarius |
Jim Harris is one of the most popular and richest Author who was born on February 12, 1961 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. James R. M. Harris (born 12 February 1961) is a Canadian author, environmentalist and politician. Harris was the head of Canada’s Green Party of Canada from 2003 until 2006. In 2006, Harris was replaced by Elizabeth May.
Harris ran for mayor of Toronto in the municipal election in the form of an independent candidacy who supported green policies. Harris argued for conservation of water and an end to spraying pesticides in the city and backed more strict guns control. He was considered a fringe candidate. his performance was well ahead of the frontrunners June Rowlands and Jack Layton.
In 1993, Harris and other Ontario Greens sought and won a change in the party’s constitution allowing for the election of a full-time leader. The party had been nominally led by Katherine Mathewson in the 1990 election, but she held little influence over the campaign or policy. Harris and others argued that electing a full-time leader would allow the Green Party to organize professionally, and present a united message in future elections. Harris stood for the leadership, and lost to Frank de Jong. De Jong later supported Harris in his bid to become federal leader, while Harris endorsed de Jong’s bid for re-election as provincial leader in 2001.
The federal and provincial electoral information is taken from Elections Canada and Elections Ontario. Italicized expenditures from elections after 1997 refer to submitted totals, and are presented when the final reviewed totals are not available. Expenditures from 1997 refer to submitted totals.
The above results are derived directly from Toronto Star newspaper, 14 November 1991, page E8.
Jim Harris Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Author |
| House | Living in own house. |
Jim Harris is one of the richest Author from Canada. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Jim Harris 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
Harris is a native of Toronto and was raised in Toronto, Lakefield College School, and was awarded an bachelor of Arts degree in English and History from Queen’s University in Kingston in the 1980s. At first, he was an Progressive Conservative, he was transformed towards green-leaning politics around 1985 following having read Green Politics by Fritjof Capra and Charlene Spretnak. The book focuses on the rising popularity of German Greens. Harris was the national press officer for the British Green Party in 1987.
He was a key organizer of an Ontario Green Party electoral campaign during the provincial election in 1990 and was running for office in Toronto. Toronto district in St. Andrew. Patrick. In the current election, Patrick spoke against a provincial government’s decision to construct more nuclear reactors within the province. In the election, the Green Party fielded 40 candidates and got 33,000 votes. This is an increase of a substantial amount from 7 candidates with 3,000 votes during the previous election in 1987. Harris placed fourth in his region.
Harris was a Toronto organizer for the federal Green Party for the 1993 election, recruiting seventeen candidates in the area. New legislation brought in before the election required a party to run 50 candidate or suffer de- registration and lose its assets. By fielding seventeen candidates in the Toronto region (which then had roughly twenty-two ridings) the Toronto team presented over one-third of the national requirement. Harris stood for election in St. Paul’s, and finished sixth.
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Following the 2004 election, Harris was challenged for the leadership by Tom Manley, a prominent party activist from eastern Ontario. Manley argued that Harris was shifting the GPC too far to the right, and was abandoning the party’s traditional emphasis on local production in favour of greater accommodation with corporate interests. Harris won re-election as GPC leader in August 2004 on the first ballot count, though by a narrower margin than before. Manley was later appointed deputy leader, but left the GPC in 2005 to join the Liberals.
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Jim Ranked on the list of most popular Author. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Canada. Jim Harris celebrates birthday on February 12 of every year.
On the eve of the 2004 election, Harris argued that as the NDP won nine seats with 6.9% of the vote in 1993, if the Greens would elect MPs if they could match or surpass that threshold. The party received 582,247 votes (4.3%), but failed to elect any candidates. Harris campaigned in Toronto—Danforth and finished fourth against New Democratic Party leader Jack Layton with 2,575 votes (5.4%) – 400 votes behind the Conservative candidate.