# Ed Harper

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{{Short description|Canadian politician}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=September 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| image       =
| name        = Ed Harper
| caption     = 
| birth_date  = {{Birth date and age|1931|4|9}}
| birth_place = [Toronto](/source/Toronto), [Ontario](/source/Ontario), Canada
| office      = [MP](/source/Member_of_Parliament_(Canada)) for [Simcoe Centre](/source/Simcoe_Centre)
| term_start  = 1993
| term_end    = 1997
| predecessor = [Edna Anderson](/source/Edna_Anderson)
| successor   = riding dissolved
| party       = [Reform](/source/Reform_Party_of_Canada)
| occupation  = businessman 
}}

'''Edward Harper''' (born April 9, 1931) is a former [Canadian](/source/Canadians) politician, who represented the [electoral district](/source/electoral_district_(Canada)) of [Simcoe Centre](/source/Simcoe_Centre) in the [House of Commons of Canada](/source/House_of_Commons_of_Canada) from 1993 until 1997. A member of the [Reform Party](/source/Reform_Party_of_Canada), Harper was the only [MP](/source/Member_of_Parliament_(Canada)) from that party ever elected anywhere east of [Manitoba](/source/Manitoba).

He defeated [Liberal](/source/Liberal_Party_of_Canada) candidate [Janice Laking](/source/Janice_Laking), the incumbent mayor of Barrie, by a margin of 182 votes. Political analysts credited his victory over Laking largely to ''her'' popularity rather than his, suggesting that many voters in Barrie switched their votes only because they didn't want Laking to step down as mayor.<ref>"Lessons in right-wing reality from one Harper to another". ''[The Globe and Mail](/source/The_Globe_and_Mail)'', September 16, 2008.</ref>

Harper did not stand for reelection in the [1997 election](/source/1997_Canadian_federal_election). Before being elected to Parliament, Harper was a businessman in Barrie.

==Electoral record==

{{Canadian election result/top|CA|1993}}
{{CANelec|CA|Reform|Ed Harper|25,404}}
{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|[Janice Laking](/source/Janice_Laking)|25,281}}
{{CANelec|CA|PC|Doug Jagges|11,647}}
{{CANelec|CA|NDP|Pat Peters|1,873}}
{{CANelec|CA|National|Craig Busch|1,342}}
{{CANelec|XX|Independent|Mike Ramsay|656}}
{{CANelec|CA|Christian Heritage|Ann Marie Tomlins|412}}
{{CANelec|CA|Natural Law|John Gregory|307}}
{{CANelec|XX|Independent|John K. Carson|139}}
{{CANelec|CA|Abolitionist|Gene Carter|41}}
{{end}}

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Canadian Parliament links|ID=15081}}

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Category:1931 births
Category:Living people
Category:Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Ontario
Category:People from Barrie
Category:Canadian federal politicians from Toronto
Category:Reform Party of Canada MPs
Category:20th-century members of the House of Commons of Canada
Category:Politicians from Simcoe County

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