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♂ Gunnar Solmundur Thorvaldson
aliasSolly Thorvaldson
Record
61213 · 9529

Icelandic-Canadian    United Church     ∞2
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 33%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 0 2 2
Manitoba 2 2 4
Total 2 4 6
Birth 18 March 1901 → 123 years + 1 month ago
Lived 68 years + 4 months
First mandate 22 April 1941 → 83 years + 25 days ago
↳ at age 40 years + 1 month
Death 2 August 1969 → 54 years + 9 months ago
Exit → Death 20 years + 2 months after 15 May 1949
Special notes
None
 
Gunnar Solmundur (Solly) Thorvaldson (1901–1969)
© Photo Archives of Manitoba via the Manitoba Historical Society — Public domain
Family ties with other documented individuals
⊖ Scott J. Thorkelson (1958–2007) Nephew  
⊖ Sveinn Thorvaldson (1872–1949) Father  
 

Election or appointment outside the scope of PoliCan

Pre-Conf. ✗
Canadian Senate Manitoba (1958–1969) Died in office
Legis. Council ✗
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Deputy Minister ✗
Auto. Region ✗
Mayor/Reeve ✗
Mun./Co. Council ✗
School Board ✗
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Length of service in elected office within the scope of PoliCan

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Manitoba 8 0 22 Z

Electoral history

Races 6  
Path points 7  
41 documented challengers
⊖ Paul Bardal  m  (3 runoffs)
⊖ Beatrice A. Brigden  f 
⊖ Harriet S. Dick  f 
⊖ Harrison Dysart  m 
⊖ Seymour Farmer  m  (3 runoffs)
⊖ Madeline E. Hryniewiecki  f 
⊖ Ingimar Ingaldson  m 
⊖ Einar Jonasson  m 
⊖ Huntly Ketchen  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Stephen Krawchyk  m 
⊖ Morley S. Lougheed  m 
⊖ John S. McDiarmid  m  (3 runoffs)
⊖ Asta A. Oddson  f 
⊖ Laurier Régnier  m 
⊖ William Scraba  m 
⊖ Charles R. Smith  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Lloyd Stinson  m 
⊖ Don Swailes  m 
⊖ Fred Tipping  m 
⊖ Frederick Warriner  m 
⊖ Joseph Zuken  m 
 		 ⊖ James Barry  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ James Cowan  m 
⊖ John Downes  m 
⊖ Michael Ewanchuk  m 
⊖ Morris A. Gray  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Marcus Hyman  m 
⊖ William Ivens  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Bill Kardash  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Stanley Knowles  m 
⊖ James Litterick  m 
⊖ William Major  m 
⊖ Leslie A. Mutch  m 
⊖ John Queen  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Cecil Rice-Jones  m 
⊖ James Simpkin  m 
⊖ Lewis Stubbs  m  (3 runoffs)
⊖ Wesley Swail  m 
⊖ Joseph Thorarinn Thorson  m 
⊖ William Tobias  m 
⊖ Ralph Webb  m 
 
Eligible: 5,174 Votes: 4,207 Participation: 81.31% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
19		 Manitoba
16 June 1932
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  LIBP  Majority
ID: 37351(F) — 20 Mar 2022 19:07 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
31
CONS
 3/5 858 20.39% -480 Winner:
LIBP
 1,338 31.80% Einar S. Jonasson
Eligible: 26,411 Votes: 19,462 Participation: 73.69% Candidacies: 6
Federal
18		 Manitoba
14 October 1935
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 22626(F) — 31 Aug 2022 23:34 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
34
LC
 2/6 4,098 21.06% -5,132 Winner:
LIBP
 9,230 47.43% Joseph T. Thorson
Eligible: 133,666 Votes: 80,830 Participation: 60.47% Candidacies: 21
Provincial
20		 Manitoba
27 July 1936
General
Single trans. vote (10)
Gov't  LIBP  Minority
ID: 37431(F) — 15 May 2024 14:16 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
35
CONS
 13/21 2,400 3.02% -1,059 Winner:
ILCF
 3,459 4.36% Marcus Hyman
Eligible: 137,437 Votes: 59,715 Participation: 43.45% Candidacies: 27
Provincial
21		 Manitoba
22 April 1941
General
Single trans. vote (10)
Gov't  COAL  Majority
ID: 37477(F) — 24 Sep 2023 10:44 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
40
CONS
 5/27 3,220 5.49% +1,050 Loser:
CCF
 2,170 3.70% John Queen

Service: 4 years 5 months 22 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 155,824 Votes: 79,433 Participation: 50.98% Candidacies: 20
Provincial
22		 Manitoba
15 October 1945
General
Single trans. vote (10)
Gov't  COAL  Majority
ID: 37528(F) — 4 Feb 2023 13:19 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
44
PC
 1/20 3,941 4.96% +929 Loser:
PC
 3,012 3.79% Mark J. Long
After his election:
15 May 1949 48
PC
 →
Vac.
 Unsuccessfully ran federally
Service: 3 years 7 months (Gov't)
Eligible: 45,163 Votes: 34,230 Participation: 75.79% Candidacies: 3
Federal
21		 Manitoba
27 June 1949
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23430(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
48
PC
 2/3 9,942 29.29% -6,293 Winner:
LIB
 16,235 47.83% Leslie A. Mutch
Eligible: 53,742 Votes: 27,762 Participation: 51.66% Candidacies: 7
Provincial
23		 Manitoba
10 November 1949
General
Single trans. vote (4)
Gov't  COAL  Majority
ID: 37548(F) — 17 Sep 2022 19:19 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
48		 Successor:
ACPC
 3,443 12.47% C. Dufferin Roblin

Online biographical references (4)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Manitoba: MLA Biographies - Deceased
Thorvaldson, Gunnar Solmunder		 30 Apr 2024
FR Assemblée législative du Manitoba: Notes biographiques des députés décédés
Thorvaldson, Gunnar Solmunder		 30 Apr 2024
EN Manitoba Historical Society, Memorable Manitobans
Gunnar Solmundur "Solly" Thorvaldson (1901-1969)		 30 Apr 2024
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Hon. Gunnar Solmundur Thorvaldson, Q.C.		 30 Apr 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
L'hon. Gunnar Solmundur Thorvaldson, c.r.		 30 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Gunnar Thorvaldson		 30 Apr 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 30 Apr 2024 22:18 (but data presented dynamically)

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