Ed Harper

Ed Harper

Infobox_Politician


name = Ed Harper
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birth_date = April 9, 1931
birth_place = Toronto, Ontario
residence = Barrie, Ontario
office = MP for Simcoe Centre
term_start = 1993
term_end = 1997
predecessor = Edna Anderson
successor = riding dissolved
party = Reform
religion =
occupation = businessman

Ed Harper (born April 9, 1931 in Toronto, Ontario) is a former Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Simcoe Centre in the Canadian House of Commons from 1993 until 1997.

A member of the Reform Party, Harper was the only MP from that party ever elected anywhere east of Manitoba. He defeated Liberal candidate Janice Laking, the incumbent mayor of Barrie, by a margin of 123 votes.

Harper did not stand for reelection in the 1997 election. Before being elected to Parliament, Harper was a businessman in Barrie.

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