Lisa Lynn Harris is a

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politician, who was elected to the

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in the 2014 provincial election."N.B. election sees 8 female MLAs elected in 49 ridings"

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, September 23, 2014. She represented the electoral district of

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as a member of the

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. She resigned on August 17, 2021, to run federally in the riding of

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in the 2021 federal election, but was defeated by the

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candidate, Jake Stewart. Harris served as provincial Minister of Seniors and Long-Term Care from 2016 to 2018. She was re-elected in the

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and

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provincial elections.

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