Harold Thuringer was a politician in the Canadian

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 province of Quebec

Quebec

Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....

, who represented Notre-Dame-de-Grâce

Notre-Dame-de-Grâce (provincial electoral district)

Notre-Dame-de-Grâce is a provincial electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec.The riding was created in 1939 from parts of the former Westmount provincial electoral district. The riding was called Montreal-Notre-Dame-de-Grâce from 1939 to 1965 and...

 in the National Assembly of Quebec

National Assembly of Quebec

The National Assembly of Quebec is the legislative body of the Province of Quebec. The Lieutenant Governor and the National Assembly compose the Parliament of Quebec, which operates in a fashion similar to those of other British-style parliamentary systems.The National Assembly was formerly the...

 from 1987 to 1989.

A social worker, Thuringer was elected to the legislature in a by-election

By-election

A by-election is an election held to fill a political office that has become vacant between regularly scheduled elections....

 in 1987, following the resignation of Reed Scowen

Reed Scowen

Reed Scowen is a Canadian business executive, author and politician born and living in the province of Quebec....

. He was defeated in the 1989 election

Quebec general election, 1989

The Quebec general election of 1989 was held on September 25, 1989, to elect members of the National Assembly of the Province of Quebec, Canada...

 by Gordon Atkinson

Gordon Atkinson

Gordon Atkinson was a broadcaster and politician in Quebec, Canada.-Background:Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Atkinson became a radio announcer in Calgary, Alberta in 1937...

 of the Equality Party

Equality Party (Quebec)

The Equality Party was a political party in Quebec, Canada, that promoted the use of English in Quebec on an equal basis with French. Four Equality Party members were elected to Quebec's National Assembly in 1989, as part of an anglophone reaction to changes made by the governing Liberals to...

.

Electoral record

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|Equality

Equality Party (Quebec)

The Equality Party was a political party in Quebec, Canada, that promoted the use of English in Quebec on an equal basis with French. Four Equality Party members were elected to Quebec's National Assembly in 1989, as part of an anglophone reaction to changes made by the governing Liberals to...

|Gordon Atkinson

Gordon Atkinson

Gordon Atkinson was a broadcaster and politician in Quebec, Canada.-Background:Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Atkinson became a radio announcer in Calgary, Alberta in 1937...

|align="right"|11,638
|align="right"|43.03
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|-

|Liberal
|Harold Thuringer
|align="right"|9,548
|align="right"|35.30
|align="right"|-26.74
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|Parti Québécois

Parti Québécois

The Parti Québécois is a centre-left political party that advocates national sovereignty for the province of Quebec and secession from Canada. The Party traditionally has support from the labour movement. Unlike many other social-democratic parties, its ties with the labour movement are informal...

|Suzanne Morin
|align="right"|3,017
|align="right"|11.15
|align="right"|+4.52
|-

|Green

Green Party of Quebec

The Parti vert du Québec/Green Party of Quebec or PVQ is a Quebec political party whose platform is the promotion of green values. It has not elected any members to the National Assembly of Quebec...

|Nicole Painchaud
|align="right"|2,024
|align="right"|7.48
|align="right"|-
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|New Democrat
|Michel Decoste
|align="right"|388
|align="right"|1.43
|align="right"|-24.1
|-

|Independent

Independent (politician)

In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...

|Marc Brunel Belhomme
|align="right"|234
|align="right"|0.87
|align="right"|-
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|Progressive Conservative
|Jean-Christophe Coppenrath
|align="right"|143
|align="right"|0.53
|align="right"|-
|-

|Marxist-Leninist

Parti marxiste-léniniste du Québec

The Parti marxiste-léniniste du Québec or PMLQ is a Quebec communist political party. Its orientation is Marxism-Leninism. The PMLQ is the Quebec branch of the Marxist-Leninist Party of Canada...

|Margaret Frain
|align="right"|55
|align="right"|0.20
|align="right"|-
|}
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|Liberal
|Harold Thuringer
|align="right"|8,622
|align="right"|62.04
|align="right"|-15.79
|-

|New Democrat
|Hélène Guay
|align="right"|3,548
|align="right"|25.53
|align="right"|+16.89
|-

|Parti Québécois

Parti Québécois

The Parti Québécois is a centre-left political party that advocates national sovereignty for the province of Quebec and secession from Canada. The Party traditionally has support from the labour movement. Unlike many other social-democratic parties, its ties with the labour movement are informal...

|Sébastien Richard
|align="right"|921
|align="right"|6.63
|align="right"|-5.58
|-

|Independent

Independent (politician)

In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...

|Jay Laurence Taylor
|align="right"|335
|align="right"|2.41
|align="right"|-
|-

|Parti créditiste

Ralliement créditiste du Québec

The Ralliement créditiste du Québec was a provincial political party in Quebec, Canada that operated from 1970 to 1978. It promoted social credit theories of monetary reform, and acted as an outlet for the expression of rural...

|Denis Patenaude
|align="right"|251
|align="right"|1.80
|align="right"|-
|-

|Humanist

Parti humaniste du Québec

Parti humaniste du Québec was a provincial political party in Canadian province of Quebec. It contested the 1985 provincial election and also fielded candidates in a number of by-elections before folding...

|Richard Banville
|align="right"|86
|align="right"|0.62
|align="right"|+0.02
|-

|Parti indépendantiste
|Stéphane Duchesne
|align="right"|86
|align="right"|0.62
|align="right"|-
|-

|Workers

Parti des travailleurs du Québec

The Parti des travailleurs du Québec was a political party in the Canadian province of Quebec. It issued its first manifesto in 1976 and fielded candidates until the 1990s, never rising above fringe status...

|Serge Turmel
|align="right"|49
|align="right"|0.35
|align="right"|-
|}

External links

Harold Thuringer at the National Assembly of Quebec