Julian Harris Porter, QC (born December 4, 1936), is a Canadian lawyer and was Chairman of the Toronto Transit Commission from 1979 to 1987.
Porter was appointed as a Commissioner to the Toronto Transit Commission Board in 1977 and elected Chairman in 1979, following the resignation of G. Gordon Hurlburt.
He has been a sole practitioner since 2000, and has given numerous lectures to the Law Society of Upper Canada, the Canadian Bar Association, and libel lawyers.
[3] He is a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, and has received an honorary LL.D from Queen's University.
Scott won the contest and would serve as Attorney General of Ontario in the government of David Peterson.