Jack Harris

Jack Harris represents a dramatic ideological realignment and geographic reorientation across his four-decade political career, moving from a short-lived Progressive Conservative tenure in Ontario during the 1960s to sustained New Democratic representation in Newfoundland and Labrador beginning in the 1990s. His electoral fortunes shifted markedly with his relocation and party change: after an initial defeat in 1988, he secured consistent provincial victories in the mid-to-late 1990s before transitioning to federal politics, where he achieved breakthrough success in 2008 with substantially increased vote totals that established him as a dominant NDP figure in St. John's East. His resilience through the party's 2015 federal collapse and subsequent recovery in 2019 underscores his entrenchment as a regional political fixture independent of broader national NDP electoral trends.

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Candidacy Notes

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Election	Electoral District	Political Party	Votes	Elected
NL (May 1993)	St. John's East	New Democratic Party	2,336	Yes
NL (Feb 1996)	Signal Hill-Quidi Vidi	New Democratic Party	2,800	Yes
NL (Feb 1999)	Signal Hill-Quidi Vidi	New Democratic Party	2,179	Yes
NL (Oct 2003)	Signal Hill-Quidi Vidi	New Democratic Party	2,456	Yes
CAN (Nov 1988)	St. John's East/St. John's-Est	New Democratic Party/Nouveau Parti démocratique	17,198	No
CAN (Oct 2008)	St. John's East/St. John's-Est	New Democratic Party/Nouveau Parti démocratique	30,881	Yes
CAN (May 2011)	St. John's East/St. John's-Est	New Democratic Party/Nouveau Parti démocratique	31,388	Yes
ON (Sep 1963)	Toronto-Beaches	Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario	7,277	Yes
ON (Oct 1967)	Beaches-Woodbine	Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario	9,977	No
CAN (Oct 2015)	St. John's East/St. John's-Est	New Democratic Party/Nouveau Parti démocratique	20,328	No
CAN (Oct 2019)	St. John's East/St. John's-Est	New Democratic Party/Nouveau Parti démocratique	21,148	Yes

Timeline

NL (May 1993)

Electoral district	Political party	Votes	Elected
St. John's East	New Democratic Party	2,336	Yes

NL (Feb 1996)

Electoral district	Political party	Votes	Elected
Signal Hill-Quidi Vidi	New Democratic Party	2,800	Yes

NL (Feb 1999)

Electoral district	Political party	Votes	Elected
Signal Hill-Quidi Vidi	New Democratic Party	2,179	Yes

NL (Oct 2003)

Electoral district	Political party	Votes	Elected
Signal Hill-Quidi Vidi	New Democratic Party	2,456	Yes

CAN (Nov 1988)

Electoral district	Political party	Votes	Elected
St. John's East/St. John's-Est	New Democratic Party/Nouveau Parti démocratique	17,198	No

CAN (Oct 2008)

Electoral district	Political party	Votes	Elected
St. John's East/St. John's-Est	New Democratic Party/Nouveau Parti démocratique	30,881	Yes

CAN (May 2011)

Electoral district	Political party	Votes	Elected
St. John's East/St. John's-Est	New Democratic Party/Nouveau Parti démocratique	31,388	Yes

ON (Sep 1963)

Electoral district	Political party	Votes	Elected
Toronto-Beaches	Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario	7,277	Yes

ON (Oct 1967)

Electoral district	Political party	Votes	Elected
Beaches-Woodbine	Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario	9,977	No

CAN (Oct 2015)

Electoral district	Political party	Votes	Elected
St. John's East/St. John's-Est	New Democratic Party/Nouveau Parti démocratique	20,328	No

CAN (Oct 2019)

Electoral district	Political party	Votes	Elected
St. John's East/St. John's-Est	New Democratic Party/Nouveau Parti démocratique	21,148	Yes

Political Party	Candidacies
new democratic party	4
new democratic party/nouveau parti démocratique	5
progressive conservative party of ontario	2