Wouter van Harselaar

Wouter van Harselaar
Van Harselaar in 1968
Member of the House of Representatives
In office 1 February 1968 – 9 May 1971
Preceded by	Pieter Leffertstra
Member of the Provincial Council of Utrecht
In office 2 June 1966 – January 1969
Personal details
Born	Wouter Marinus van Harselaar (1929-09-03)3 September 1929 Leersum, Netherlands
Died	24 April 2016(2016-04-24) (aged 86) Amerongen, Netherlands
Party	Farmers' Party (until 1968) Binding Right [nl] (1968 onwards)

Wouter Marinus van Harselaar (Dutch: [ˈʋʌutər vɑn ˈɦaːrsəlaːr]; 3 September 1929 – 24 April 2016) was a Dutch politician. Born in Leersum, he worked as a farmer and administrator in Overberg.^[1] He served on the Provincial Council of Utrecht as a member of the Farmers' Party from 1966 until 1969, and he was the party's acting secretary. On 1 February 1968, he replaced Pieter Leffertstra on the House of Representatives.^[1][2] Along with three other Farmers' Party members, he stepped out of the parliamentary group on 27 June 1968, and they established the Binding Right [nl] party. Van Harselaar lost his re-election in 1971 as the fourth candidate on the party list, as Binding Right did not secure any seats. His term ended on 9 May 1971. He died on 25 April 2016 in Amerongen aged 86.^[1]

References

1. "W.M. (Wouter) van Harselaar". Parlement.com (in Dutch). Retrieved 3 January 2026.
2. "Nieuw lid Tweede Kamer" [New House of Representatives member]. de Volkskrant. 30 January 1968. p. 13. Retrieved 3 January 2026 – via Delpher.

External links

• Media related to Wouter van Harselaar at Wikimedia Commons