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17 unusual facts about Mike Harris


Albany Club

Members have also included Ontario Conservative Premiers Sir James Whitney, Sir William Hearst, Howard Ferguson, George Henry, Thomas Kennedy, George A. Drew, Leslie Frost, John Robarts, William Davis, Frank Miller and Mike Harris.

Barb Fisher

Fisher served as a backbench supporter of the government of Mike Harris for the next four years.

Charles Harnick

In 1996, Harnick was asked to comment about a racist remark that Premier Mike Harris had allegedly made regarding the Ipperwash crisis.

He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1990 to 1999, and served as a senior cabinet minister in the government of Mike Harris.

Dan Newman

He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1995 to 2003, and was a cabinet minister in the governments of Mike Harris and Ernie Eves.

Elmer Buchanan

By 2000, under the government of Mike Harris, the budget had been cut to $300 million and the local representatives had been eliminated.

Erindale GO Station

Erindale acted as a terminus for the midday trains that GO Transit once operated on the Milton Line during the early to mid-1990s, but these trains no longer run because of budget cutbacks made by the Mike Harris Progressive Conservative government.

Ernie Hardeman

The Progressive Conservatives under Mike Harris won the election, and Hardeman was a government backbencher for the next four years.

Garfield Dunlop

Dunlop was appointed deputy government whip after his election, but was not given a cabinet position in the governments of Mike Harris or Ernie Eves.

George McCague

Shortly after Mike Harris returned the Progressive Conservatives to government in 1995, McCague was appointed as a government negotiator in talks with the Ontario Medical Association.

George William Taylor

In 2001, he was appointed to the Ontario Rental Housing Tribunal by the government of Mike Harris.

John Snobelen

He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1995 to 2003, and served as a cabinet minister in the government of Mike Harris.

Leo Jordan

He was not appointed to the cabinet of Mike Harris, and served as a government backbencher for the next four years.

Regional municipality

The later government of Mike Harris subsequently dissolved four regional municipalities into amalgamated single-tier cities.

Safe Streets Act

The SSA was enacted by the Progressive Conservative government of Mike Harris and received royal assent on December 14, 1999.

Sharon Dunn

Dunn was also in a much publicized relationship with then Premier of Ontario, Mike Harris.

This Hour Has 22 Minutes Direct Hits

The compilation features Rick Mercer "Talking to Americans", and eating burgers and fries with then-Prime Minister Jean Chrétien; Marg Delahunty (Mary Walsh) as she "smites" Mike Harris, Lucien Bouchard and Sheila Copps as "Marg, Princess Warrior"; Cathy Jones' blooper about a "Massitusits" case; Jerry Boyle (Greg Thomey) at Parliament Hill; classic ad parodies, sketch comedy, and more.


Big Thunder Ski Jumping Center

During the campaigning for the 1995 Ontario provincial election, Conservative Party leader Mike Harris deemed Big Thunder a "cash cow" as part of his Common Sense Revolution.

Metropolitan Toronto

In the 1995 provincial election, Ontario Progressive Conservative Party leader Mike Harris campaigned on reducing the level of government in Ontario, and promised to examine Metropolitan Toronto with an eye to eliminating it.

Ontario's Drive Clean

In late 2004, Norm Sterling, who served as the Environment Minister in Progressive Conservative premier Mike Harris's cabinet, stated that Drive Clean had already had its greatest impact on air pollution and had served its purpose.

Paul Calandra

He then served as chief of staff to Steve Gilchrist, who served as the Ontario Progressive Conservative MPP for Scarborough East in the government of Mike Harris.

Pauline Browes

During the 1995 Ontario provincial election, she served as a special advisor to Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario election campaign won by Mike Harris, who became Premier of Ontario.

Shelley Carroll

Both groups pushed for more funding for education and vigorously opposed the education reforms brought in by then Premier, Mike Harris.

Toronto Area Transportation Operating Authority

It was created on August 7, 1999, when the provincial government of Premier of Ontario Mike Harris downloaded provincial services.

Wang Fengchun

Their record at the end of the season was 16-18, and included wins against former World Champion Rick Folk and 1998 Olympic silver medallist Mike Harris.