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♂ Oddur Olafson
aliasOddur Olafson
Record
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Icelandic-Canadian    Protestant   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Manitoba 1 1 2
Birth 25 February 1888 → 136 years + 2 months ago
Lived 84 years + 9 months
First mandate 21 August 1936 → 87 years + 8 months ago
↳ at age 48 years + 5 months
Death 16 December 1972 → 51 years + 5 months ago
Exit → Death 31 years + 7 months after 21 April 1941
Special notes
None
 
Oddur Olafson (1888–1972)
© 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 4 7 30 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 3  
3 documented challengers
⊖ Walter H.G. Gibbs  m 
⊖ William Kennedy  m 
 		 ⊖ Roxy Hamilton  m 
 
Eligible: 1,885 Votes: 1,151 Participation: 61.06% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
20		 Manitoba
21 August 1936
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  LIBP  Minority
ID: 37420(F) — 19 Aug 2023 09:15 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
48
ILIB
 1/2 686 60.49% +238 Loser:
CONS
 448 39.51% William W. Kennedy
After his election:
17 Nov 1940 52
ILIB
 →
ILIP
 Changed allegiance ()
Service: 4 years 8 months (Oppo.)
Eligible: 1,537 Votes: 1,000 Participation: 65.06% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
21		 Manitoba
22 April 1941
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  COAL  Majority
ID: 37466(F) — 16 Sep 2022 18:39 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
53		 Successor:
LIBP
 683 69.69% Daniel R. Hamilton
Eligible: 1,100 Votes: 855 Participation: 77.73% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
22		 Manitoba
14 December 1945
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  COAL  Majority
ID: 37517(F) — 17 Sep 2022 14:56 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
57
ILIP
 2/4 198 23.86% -206 Winner:
LIBP
 404 48.67% Daniel R. Hamilton

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Manitoba: MLA Biographies - Deceased
Olafson, Oddur		 16 May 2024
FR Assemblée législative du Manitoba: Notes biographiques des députés décédés
Olafson, Oddur		 16 May 2024
EN Manitoba Historical Society, Memorable Manitobans
Oddur Olafson (1888-1972)		 16 May 2024
EN Wikipedia
Oddur Olafson		 16 May 2024

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