Harold Thuringer

Harold Thuringer
MNA for Notre-Dame-de-Grâce
In office 1987–1989
Preceded by	Reed Scowen
Succeeded by	Gordon Atkinson
Personal details
Born	October 21, 1934 Vibank, Saskatchewan
Political party	Liberal
Profession	social worker

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

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

Quebec general election, 1989: 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	–

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

1. Garth Stevenson, Community Besieged: The Anglophone Minority and the Politics of Quebec.

External links

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