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Harold Thuringer

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Harold Thuringer
MNA for Notre-Dame-de-Grâce
In office
1987–1989
Preceded byReed Scowen
Succeeded byGordon Atkinson
Personal details
BornOctober 21, 1934
Vibank, Saskatchewan, Canada
Political partyLiberal
Professionsocial worker

Harold Thuringer (born October 21, 1934) is a Canadian former politician, who represented Notre-Dame-de-Grâce in the National Assembly of Quebec from 1987 to 1989.

Thuringer was born in Vibank, Saskatchewan. A social worker,[1] Thuringer was elected to the legislature in a by-election in 1987, following the resignation of Reed Scowen. He was defeated in the 1989 election by Gordon Atkinson of the Equality Party.

Electoral record

1989 Quebec general election: Notre-Dame-de-Grâce
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Equality Gordon Atkinson 11,638 43.03
Liberal Harold Thuringer 9,548 35.30 −26.74
Parti Québécois Suzanne Morin 3,017 11.15 +4.52
Green Nicole Painchaud 2,024 7.48
New Democratic Michel Decoste 388 1.43 −24.10
Independent Marc Brunel Belhomme 234 0.87
Progressive Conservative Jean-Christophe Coppenrath 143 0.53
Marxist–Leninist Margaret Frain 55 0.20
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Notre-Dame-de-Grâce by-election, September 14, 1987
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Harold Thuringer 8,622 62.04 -15.79
New Democrat Hélène Guay 3,548 25.53 +16.89
Parti Québécois Sébastien Richard 921 6.63 -5.58
Independent Jay Laurence Taylor 335 2.41 -
Parti créditiste Denis Patenaude 251 1.80 -
Humanist Richard Banville 86 0.62 +0.02
Parti indépendantiste Stéphane Duchesne 86 0.62 -
Workers Serge Turmel 49 0.35 -

References

  • "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.