Joseph Thauberger (26 August 1909 – 21 April 1998) was a Canadian

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and

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. Born in

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(now

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), he emigrated to Canada from Russia with his parents, Andreas Thauberger and Maria Eva née Bähr, in 1911. In the 1972 federal election, Thauberger ran for the

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in the riding of Qu’Appelle,

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. He placed last in a field of four candidates, with 839 votes (3.1% of the total). Joseph Thauberger helped establish the

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in the early 1990s to promote a policy of nationalism and

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. He became the first leader of that party. In the 1993 election, he ran for the

in the riding of

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. He placed last in a field of six candidates, with 178 votes (0.55% of the total). Thauberger stepped down from the party leadership in 1994 and was replaced by Claire Foss. The party merged into the

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in 1997. Joseph Thauberger died in

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in April 1998. He is buried in Riverside Cemetery in Regina. Joseph Thauberger's son, Dr. Patrick Cyril Thauberger, disappeared in Regina in 1997 while travelling from Winnipeg to Edmonton. He has yet to be found. The Regina Police Service arrested Patrick Thauberger's older brother Joseph George Thauberger, on November 29, 2020 on charges of first degree murder in Patrick's death, offering an indignity to a human body and uttering threats to a woman (between 1997 and 2014).23-year-old missing person case results in murder charge: Regina Leader-Post
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Electoral record

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Thauberger, Joseph 1909 births 1998 deaths People from Bessarabia Governorate Emigrants from the Russian Empire to Canada Moldovan emigrants to Canada Social Credit Party of Canada candidates in the 1972 Canadian federal election Canada Party candidates for the Canadian House of Commons Candidates in the 1993 Canadian federal election Canadian social crediters