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Joseph Henry Harris was a Toronto manufacturer and politician.

Career

In 1938, he was a candidate at the Conservative leadership convention, placing third. He remained a Tory Member of Parliament until his death in 1952. Harris was a graduate of University of Toronto, President of West. Harris Company

Limited., Vice-president of Harris Coal Company, President of Dominion Canadian Organic Developments Limited.

(London, England)

As a resident of East Toronto, Harris activities and interests were many, characteristic of his interest in his fellow man and the welfare of the community he served, Harris was a spark for the campaign for funds for the in East New York In this capacity, he acted as chairman of the board of governors for over twenty years, during this period his leadership and guidance were a tower of strength to the board during the establishment of policy and direction of the hospital.

Politics

Conservative Party of Canada, Progressive Conservative Party of Canada.

Membership

He was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons as the Conservative for York East in the 1921 federal election. Harris represented the ridings of York East, Toronto—Scarborough and Danforth as a in Canada for over 21 years.