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♂ Steinn O. Thompson
aliasSteinn O. Thompson
Record
61096 · 14171

Icelandic-Canadian    Unitarian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 75%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Manitoba 3 1 4
Birth 23 November 1893 → 130 years + 5 months ago
Lived 78 years + 8 months
First mandate 15 October 1945 → 78 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 51 years + 10 months
Death 19 August 1972 → 51 years + 8 months ago
Exit → Death 14 years + 2 months after 15 June 1958
Special notes
None
 

Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Manitoba 12 7 28 Z

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 4  
2 documented challengers
⊖ George Johnson  m 
 		 ⊖ Mitchell J. Sago  m 
 
Eligible: 6,050 Votes: 3,845 Participation: 63.55% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
22		 Manitoba
15 October 1945
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  COAL  Majority
ID: 37498(F) — 17 Sep 2022 10:31 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
51
LIBP
 1/3 2,133 55.97% +701 Loser:
CCF
 1,432 37.58% Snabjorn S. Johnson

Service: 4 years 25 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 5,692 Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
23		 Manitoba
10 November 1949
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  COAL  Majority
ID: 37546(F) — 17 Sep 2022 10:30 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
55
LIBP
 1/1 By acclamation
After his election:
19 Aug 1950 56
LIBP
 →
LIBP
 Changed allegiance ()
Service: 3 years 6 months 28 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 6,207 Votes: 3,361 Participation: 54.15% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
24		 Manitoba
8 June 1953
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  LIBP  Majority
ID: 37596(F) — 20 Mar 2022 18:41 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
59
LIBP
 1/3 2,252 67.97% +1,385 Loser:
SC
 867 26.17% Elmer H. Fitch

Service: 5 years 7 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 6,297 Votes: 4,353 Participation: 69.13% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
25		 Manitoba
16 June 1958
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 37652(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
64
LIBP
 2/3 1,374 31.84% -614 Winner:
PC
 1,988 46.06% George Johnson

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Manitoba: MLA Biographies - Deceased
Thompson, Steinn Olafur M.D.		 05 Oct 2023
FR Assemblée législative du Manitoba: Notes biographiques des députés décédés
Thompson, Steinn Olafur (Dr.)		 05 Oct 2023
EN Manitoba Historical Society, Memorable Manitobans
Steinn Olafur Thompson (1893-1972)		 05 Oct 2023
EN Wikipedia
Steinn O. Thompson		 05 Oct 2023

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Rev.:  5 Oct 2023 13:15 (but data presented dynamically)

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