Background
HARRIS, David Anthony was born on November 1, 1937. Parents: the late Edgar Courtenay Harris.
HARRIS, David Anthony was born on November 1, 1937. Parents: the late Edgar Courtenay Harris.
Mount Radford School, Exeter.
Member Greater London Council, 1968-1977. Member of the European Parliament for Cornwall and Plymouth, 1979-1984, Conservative Spokesman, Regional Affairs Committee, 1979-1983. Member of Parliament for St. Ives, since 1983.
Member. Commons Select Committee on Agriculture, 1983-1987. Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1987-1988. Parliamentary Private Secretary to Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, 1988-1989.
Parliamentary Private Secretary to Deputy Prime Minister and Leader of the House, 1989-1990. Member, Foreign Affairs Committee, since 1991. Member, European Legislation Committee, since 1992.
Junior reporter, Express & Echo Newspaper, Exeter, 1954-1958. National Service, commissioned in the Devonshire and Dorset regiment, 1958-1960. Reporter. Western Morning News Newspaper, 1960-1961.
Reporter. Daily Telegraph Newspaper, 1961-1979, becoming Political Correspondent and Chairman of the Lobby Journalists.
Anglican
49th United Kingdom Parliament. 50th United Kingdom Parliament. 51st United Kingdom Parliament]
He was Member of Parliament for Street Ives from 1983 until he retired in 1997, and also Member of the European Parliament for Cornwall and Plymouth from 1979 to 1984.
Spouse Diana Joan Hansford, 1962. Children: one son, one d.