He represented Chambly in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1923 to 1931 and from 1935 to 1936 as a Liberal.
He was born in Montreal, the son of Alexandre Thurber and Émiline Davignon who was the daughter of Pierre Davignon.
Thurber was educated at the Collège de Longueuil.
He worked as a clerk for fifteen years and then became an iron manufacturer at Longueuil.
He was elected again in 1935, but defeated by Hortensius Béïque in 1936.