Background
Harris is one of three children born to his parents who grew up in Greenacre.
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David Harris
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Harris attended Woy Woy South Public School and Woy Woy High School where became school captain.
Career
He has been an Australian Labor Party member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly since 2015, representing the electorate of Wyong. He previously represented the same electorate from 2007 to 2011. Harris undertook tertiary studies and was awarded a Diploma of Teaching and began work in the public school system.
The following year, in his second year of teaching, he became the principal of a one-teacher school at Merriwagga.
He moved on to teach at Hillston Central School. Harris returned to the New South Wales Central Coast and became principal at Dooralong Public School and then deputy principal at Northlakes Public School.
Harris was later appointed principal at Gwandalan Public School and finally principal of Kariong Public School. In 2006 Harris resigned as the principal to pursue a career in politics.
In 1987 Harris joined the Umina branch of the Australian Labor Party, eventually becoming the president of the Wyong branch and then the secretary of Dobell Federal Electoral Council.
Harris was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly on 24 March 2007 as the Member for Wyong. He was appointed the Parliamentary Secretary for Education & Training, Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast. He was also Deputy Chair of the Committee on the Independent Commission Against Corruption and Chair of the Natural Resource Management(Climate Change) Committee.
Late in 2011, Harris was appointed as the new Principal at Point Clare Public School, to begin in the new year.
Politics
lieutenant was the first time the seat of Wyong had been held by any party other than the Labor Party and the win was a milestone for the Liberals.
Membership
He was a Member of the Staysafe Committee (Joint Standing Committee on Road Safety) and a Member of the Standing Committee on Broadband in Rural and Regional Communities.
