Paul Raymond Harris (born Auckland 16 July 1946) is a New Zealand senior public servant and political and constitutional studies academic.
[1] Harris spent his childhood in Auckland and received his secondary education at St Peter's College.
[3] He has also been Country Director for Yemen at the International Foundation for Electoral Systems,[4] and served twice as an official New Zealand election observer in Indonesia.
[5] Before serving on the electoral commission, he was a Lecturer at the Canberra College of Advanced Education (1975–1979), Senior Lecturer, Department of Politics, Victoria University of Wellington (1979–1994) and Principal Research officer, Royal Commission on the Electoral System (1985–1986).
[1] Bronwyn Hayward – New Zealand political scientist[6] Harris's publications[1] include: