The Hon Dean Harriss MLC is the Member for Huon in the Tasmanian Legislative Council. He is an independent member and is not aligned to a political party.
Born and raised in the Huon Valley, Dean has seven generations born and raised here behind him. His father Paul represented the Huon Electorate in the Legislative Council from 1996-2014, and the Electorate of Franklin in the House of Assembly from 2014-2016.
Dean was elected to the Legislative Council and assumed office on 18 May 2022. As Dean says, “I remember going to the Legislative Council with my father and having good conversations with him and I guess my passion comes from seeing proper debates and votes that were not along party lines”.