Harris was born in
Brisbane and was a self-employed businessman and gold miner. Prior to being chosen as the number two Senate candidate for One Nation at the
1998 election, he was an unsuccessful candidate at the
1997 Australian Constitutional Convention election, running as an ungrouped candidate on the "Retention of the Existing Constitution" ticket. He came briefly to prominence during the 2003 debate on the legislative reforms to
tertiary education, proposed by federal Education Minister
Brendan Nelson. After initially indicating he would vote against the legislation, Harris later changed his mind and allowed the reform package to pass, much to the annoyance of student organisations. By the time of the
2004 election One Nation was seriously in decline, and Harris was expected to struggle to retain his seat. With a drastic fall in the One Nation vote nationally, he lost his seat, polling only 0.2 of a quota. His term expired on 30 June 2005. ==References==