Charles Harnick
| Charles Harnick | |
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| Ontario MPP | |
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In office 1990–1999 |
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| Preceded by | Gino Matrundola |
| Succeeded by | David Young |
| Constituency | Willowdale |
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| Born |
October 14, 1950 Toronto, Ontario |
| Political party | Progressive Conservative |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
Charles Alan Harnick QC (born October 14, 1950) is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1990 to 1999, and served as a senior cabinet minister in the government of Mike Harris.
Harnick has a Bachelor of Arts degree from York University, and a law degree from the University of Windsor. He was called to the bar in 1977, and worked as a civil litigation lawyer with the firm of Feigman and Chernos and with the firm of Malach and Fidler before entering political life. Harnick was certified as a Specialist in Civil Litigation in 1991; he was appointed a Queen's Counsel in 1992 and in 2005 he was awarded the Law Society Medal. He has also been a member of the Canadian Jewish Congress and B'nai Brith.
Harnick ran for the Ontario legislature in the 1987 provincial legislature, losing to Liberal Gino Matrundola by 4,034 votes in the North York riding of Willowdale. He ran in the same riding in the 1990 election, and defeated Matrundola by 834 votes.
The Progressive Conservatives won a majority government in the 1995 provincial election, and Harnick was re-elected in Willowdale by a landslide. He was appointed Attorney General and Minister responsible for Native Affairs on June 26, 1995.
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