Michael Harbison

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| order=78th Lord Mayor of Adelaide

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Michael John Henry Harbison was the Lord Mayor of Adelaide, South Australia from 2002 to 2010.{{cite web|url=https://www.cityofadelaide.com.au/about-council/your-council/past-lord-mayors-and-mayors/ |publisher=Adelaide City Council|title=Past Lord Mayors and Mayors}} 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, the soft drink factory in Norwood, along with the Hartley family.{{cite web | last=Coleman | first=Dennis | title=Mrs Kathy Harbison | website=SA History Hub | date=15 August 2021 |publisher= History Trust of South Australia| url=https://sahistoryhub.history.sa.gov.au/people/mrs-kathy-harbison | access-date=15 August 2021}}

Harbison became a Councillor in 1998.[http://www.adelaidecitycouncil.com/council/council-members/lord-mayor-michael-harbison/lord-mayor-protocol.html Profile] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100103144030/http://adelaidecitycouncil.com/council/council-members/lord-mayor-michael-harbison/lord-mayor-protocol.html |date=3 January 2010 }}, Adelaide City Council

In 2002, Harbison ran as Liberal candidate for the state seat of Adelaide{{cite web |url=http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/content/2002/s475291.htm |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |work=TV Program Transcript: The 7.30 Report |date=6 February 2002 |title=Old foes slug it out in key marginal SA seat |author=Anne Barker}} and was defeated by Jane Lomax-Smith.{{cite web |url=http://www.abc.net.au/elections/sa/2006/guide/adel.htm |title=Adelaide (Key Seat) |author=Antony Green |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |date=20 April 2006 |access-date=17 December 2015}}

Harbison drove the semi-trailer for the University of Michigan Solar Car Team in the 2011 World Solar Challenge.{{citation needed|date=August 2021}}