Harry Olaussen Explained

Harry Magnus Olaussen
Birth Date:1929 10, df=yes
Birth Place:Shanghai, China
Constituency Mp:Coast Chilcotin
Parliament:Canadian
Term Start:October 1972
Term End:May 1974
Predecessor:Paul St. Pierre
Successor:Jack Pearsall
Profession:merchant seaman, stationary engineer, steam engineer
Party:New Democratic Party

Harry Magnus Olaussen (born 8 October 1929) is a retired Canadian politician who was a New Democratic Party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was a merchant seaman, stationary engineer and steam engineer by career.

Olaussen was first elected at the Coast Chilcotin riding in the 1972 general election. After serving one term, the 29th Canadian Parliament, he was defeated at Coast Chilcotin by Jack Pearsall of the Liberal party in the 1974 election. He also campaigned in the 1979 and 1980 federal elections at Cariboo—Chilcotin, but was defeated by Lorne Greenaway of the Progressive Conservative Party.