Wouter van Harselaar

Wouter Marinus van Harselaar was a Dutch politician. Born in Leersum, he worked as a farmer and administrator in Overberg. 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. Along with three other Farmers' Party members, he stepped out of the parliamentary group on 27 June 1968, and they established the 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.