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♂ Albert Edward Kristjansson
aliasAlbert Kristjansson
Record
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Icelandic-Canadian    Unitarian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 33%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Manitoba 1 2 3
Birth 17 April 1877 → 147 years + 1 month ago
Lived 97 years + 3 months
First mandate 29 June 1920 → 103 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 43 years + 2 months
Death 29 July 1974 → 49 years + 9 months ago
Exit → Death 52 years + 12 days after 17 July 1922
Special notes
None
 
Albert Edward Kristjansson (1877–1974)
© Photo Archives of Manitoba via the Manitoba Historical Society — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Manitoba 2 0 17 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 3  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Skuli Sigfusson  m  (3 runoffs)
 
 
Eligible: 3,624 Votes: 1,685 Participation: 46.50% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
16		 Manitoba
29 June 1920
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 37178(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
43
DLP
 1/2 901 53.47% +117 Loser:
LIB
 784 46.53% Skuli Sigfusson

Service: 2 years 18 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 4,532 Votes: 2,372 Participation: 52.34% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
17		 Manitoba
18 July 1922
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PROG  Majority
ID: 37227(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
45
PROG
 2/2 860 36.26% -652 Winner:
LIB
 1,512 63.74% Skuli Sigfusson
Eligible: 3,522 Votes: 1,804 Participation: 51.22% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
18		 Manitoba
28 June 1927
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  PROG  Majority
ID: 37325(F) — 13 Aug 2022 14:10 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
50
PROG
 2/3 524 29.05% -290 Winner:
LIB
 814 45.12% Skuli Sigfusson

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Manitoba: MLA Biographies - Deceased
Kristjannsson, Albert E.		 13 May 2024
FR Assemblée législative du Manitoba: Notes biographiques des députés décédés
Kristjannsson, Albert E.		 13 May 2024
EN Manitoba Historical Society, Memorable Manitobans
Albert Edward Kristjansson (1877-1974)		 13 May 2024
EN Wikipedia
Albert Kristjansson		 13 May 2024

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