# Bev Harrison

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{{Short description|Canadian politician (born 1942)}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| image        = Bev Harrison.jpg
| name         = Bev Harrison
| caption      = Bev Harrison speaking at the unveiling of the Credo monument on June 15, 2008
| birth_date   = {{birth date and age|1942|5|10}}
| birth_place  = [Saint John, New Brunswick](/source/Saint_John%2C_New_Brunswick)<ref name="bio"/>
| spouse       = Marje Nunn<ref name="bio"/>
| office1      = [Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick](/source/Speaker_of_the_Legislative_Assembly_of_New_Brunswick)
| term_start1  = 1999
| term_end1    = 2006
| predecessor1 = [John McKay](/source/John_McKay_(New_Brunswick_politician))
| successor1   = [Michael Malley](/source/Michael_Malley)
| office2      = [MLA](/source/Legislative_Assembly_of_New_Brunswick) for [Saint John-Fundy](/source/Saint_John-Fundy)
| term_start2  = 1978
| term_end2    = 1987
| predecessor2 = [Bill Woodroffe](/source/Bill_Woodroffe)
| successor2   = [Stuart Jamieson](/source/Stuart_Jamieson)
| office3      = [MLA](/source/Legislative_Assembly_of_New_Brunswick) for [Hampton-Kings](/source/Hampton-Kings)<br /> <small>[Hampton-Belleisle](/source/Hampton-Belleisle) (1999–2006)</small>
| term_start3  = 1999
| term_end3    = 2014
| predecessor3 = [Georgie Day](/source/Georgie_Day)
| successor3   = [Gary Crossman](/source/Gary_Crossman)
| party        = [New Democratic Party](/source/New_Brunswick_New_Democratic_Party)
| other_party  = [Progressive Conservative](/source/Progressive_Conservative_Party_of_New_Brunswick) (1978–2014)
| occupation   = [School teacher](/source/School_teacher)
}}

'''Beverly John "Bev" Harrison''' (born May 10, 1942)<ref name="bio">{{cite web |url=http://www1.gnb.ca/legis/bios1/bio-e.asp?idNo=108&version=e |title=Bev Harrison |work=MLA Bios - 56th Legislature |publisher=Government of New Brunswick |accessdate=2009-12-05 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090603041646/http://www1.gnb.ca/legis/bios1/bio-e.asp?idNo=108&version=e |archivedate=2009-06-03 }}</ref> is a former [teacher](/source/teacher) and [New Brunswick](/source/New_Brunswick) [politician](/source/politician).

==Early life==
The son of William and Jean Harrison, Harrison received bachelor degrees in Arts and Education from the [University of New Brunswick](/source/University_of_New_Brunswick).<ref name="bio"/>

==Political career==
Harrison was first elected to the legislature in [1978](/source/1978_New_Brunswick_general_election) to represent [Saint John-Fundy](/source/Saint_John-Fundy) and was re-elected in [1982](/source/1982_New_Brunswick_general_election).  In 1985, he, and two other Saint John-area MLAs, undertook a [caucus revolt](/source/caucus_revolt) calling for the resignation of [Premier](/source/Premier_(Canada)) [Richard Hatfield](/source/Richard_Hatfield).  Hatfield made some concessions to them and they were re-integrated to [caucus](/source/caucus).<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HzuvXSf0jD0C&pg=PA218 |title=Richard Hatfield: The Seventeen Year Saga |pages=218–222 |last=Starr |first=Richard |year=1988 |ISBN=0-88780-153-6}}</ref>

Harrison was defeated in the [1987 election](/source/1987_New_Brunswick_general_election) which saw the [Opposition](/source/parliamentary_opposition) [Liberals](/source/New_Brunswick_Liberal_Association) sweep every seat in the province.  Harrison was again defeated in Saint John-Fundy in the [1991 election](/source/1991_New_Brunswick_general_election).  He did not contest the [1995 election](/source/1995_New_Brunswick_general_election).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cbc.ca/nbvotes2003/riding/043/ |title=Saint John-Fundy |work=New Brunswick Votes 2003 |publisher=CBC News |year=2003 |accessdate=2009-12-05}}</ref>

==Return to teaching==
From 1987 to 1997, in private life, Harrison returned to teaching, becoming [principal](/source/School_principal) of [Saint John High School](/source/Saint_John_High_School) (1992). He retired from teaching in 1997.<ref name="bio"/>

==Re-election==
In the [1999 election](/source/1999_New_Brunswick_general_election), he was re-elected to the legislature for the riding of [Hampton-Kings](/source/Hampton-Kings). He was acclaimed as Speaker on July 6, 1999. Re-elected to the legislature in the [2003 election](/source/2003_New_Brunswick_general_election), he was also re-elected, again by acclamation, as Speaker on July 29, 2003.  He resigned from his post as speaker on February 14, 2006 when he was named to the [cabinet](/source/Executive_Council_of_New_Brunswick) as [Government House Leader](/source/Government_House_Leader_(New_Brunswick)) in the [Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick](/source/Legislative_Assembly_of_New_Brunswick) and [Minister of Supply and Services](/source/Department_of_Supply_and_Services_(New_Brunswick)).<ref name="bio"/>

He was re-elected in the [2006 general election](/source/2006_New_Brunswick_general_election), however his party lost and as a result Harrison sat on the opposition benches for the first time in his 15 years in the legislature.

In 2010, Harrison was re-elected with 57% of the vote with his nearest opponent garnering 22%. Harrison announced that he would be seeking the New Democratic Party nomination in the district of Hampton for the [2014 election](/source/2014_New_Brunswick_general_election).<ref>{{cite news|title=Ex-Tory Bev Harrison will run for NDP in next election|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/ex-tory-bev-harrison-will-run-for-ndp-in-next-election-1.2689503|accessdate=3 July 2014|publisher=[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation](/source/Canadian_Broadcasting_Corporation)|date=27 June 2014}}</ref> Harrison lost the election to Progressive Conservative candidate [Gary Crossman].

== References ==
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| post1         = [Minister of Supply and Services](/source/Department_of_Supply_and_Services_(New_Brunswick))
| post1years    = 2006
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| post1preceded = [Dale Graham](/source/Dale_Graham)
| post1followed = [Roly MacIntyre](/source/Roly_MacIntyre)
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| post1followed = [Stuart Jamieson](/source/Stuart_Jamieson)
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