Laurie Throness

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Laurie Throness
MLA for Chilliwack-Hope
Taking office 2013
Succeeding	Gwen O'Mahony
Personal details
Political party	Liberal
Profession	historian
Religion	Christian and Missionary Alliance

Laurie Throness is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2013 provincial election.^[1] He represents the electoral district of Chilliwack-Hope as a member of the British Columbia Liberal Party. Before becoming a politician, Throness completed a PhD at the University of Cambridge, publishing a book on the Penitentiary Act of 1779 and its origins in religious debate.

Throness was previously the party's candidate in the same electoral district in a by-election in 2012, following the resignation of Barry Penner, but was defeated by Gwen O'Mahony of the New Democrats. He defeated O'Mahony in the 2013 general election.

References

↑ "Fraser Valley: End of the line for van Dongen as Liberals bolster stronghold in Fraser Valley". The Province, May 15, 2013.

v t e Current members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia

Liberal	Clark Anton Ashton Barnett Bennett Bernier Bing Bond Cadieux Coleman Dalton de Jong Fassbender Foster Gibson Hamilton Horne Hogg Hunt Kyllo Lake Larson Lee Letnick Martin McRae Morris Oakes Plecas Pimm Polak Reid Reimer Rustad Michelle Stilwell Moira Stilwell Stone Sturdy Sullivan Sultan Tegart Thomson Thornthwaite Throness Virk Wat Wilkinson Yamamoto Yap

New Democrat	Dix Austin Bains Chandra Herbert Chouhan Conroy Corrigan Darcy Donaldson Eby Elmore Farnworth Fleming Fraser Hammell Heyman Holman Horgan James Karagianis Krog Kwan Macdonald Mungall Popham Ralston Rice Robinson B. Routley D. Routley Shin Simons Simpson Trevena

Green ¹	Weaver

Independent	Huntington

¹ Interim Party leader Adam Olsen is not currently sitting as an MLA.

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Name	Throness, Laurie
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