Michael John Henry Harbison was the
Lord Mayor of
Adelaide, South Australia
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from 2003 to 2010. He was succeeded by
Stephen Yarwood in 2010. He is also Adelaide's longest serving mayor.
Before becoming Lord Mayor, he was a successful businessman.
[ In the 1980s, after their marriage, Harbison and his wife Kathy Harbison co-purchased ]Woodroofe
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History
William Woodroofe and to a lesser extent, Bruce Randall, founded the business in 1878 in Norwood, South Australia. The factory was sited at a natural ...
, the soft drink factory in Norwood, along with the Hartley family.
Harbison became a Councillor
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Canada
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in 1998.[Profile]
, Adelaide City Council
In 2002, Harbison ran as Liberal
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candidate for the state seat of Adelaide and was defeated by Jane Lomax-Smith
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.semi-trailer
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for the University of Michigan Solar Car Team
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in the 2011 World Solar Challenge
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.
References
1953 births
Living people
Mayors and Lord Mayors of Adelaide
Deputy mayors of places in Australia
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