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♂ Svein Olafur Sigfusson
aliasSvein Sigfusson
Record
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Icelandic-Canadian   ∞1
Type of record
Elected candidate
Known but unelected candidate ✓
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 0%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 0 1 1
Birth 15 July 1912 → 111 years + 9 months ago
Lived 80 years + 2 months
Only run 30 October 1972 → 51 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 60 years + 3 months
Death 20 September 1992 → 31 years + 7 months ago
 
Special notes
None
 

Svein Olafur Sigfusson (1912–1992)
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Family tie with other documented individual
⊖ Skuli Sigfusson (1870–1969) Father  
 

Electoral history

Race 1  
Path point 1  
2 documented challengers
⊕ Douglas C. Rowland  m 
 		 ⊕ Dean W. Whiteway  m 
 
Eligible: 61,818 Votes: 44,841 Participation: 72.54% Candidacies: 4
Federal
29		 Manitoba
30 October 1972
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 10177(F) — 28 Jun 2023 19:40 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
60
LIB
 3/4 8,709 19.42% -9,163 Winner:
NDP
 17,872 39.86% Douglas C. Rowland

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Manitoba Historical Society, Memorable Manitobans
Svein Olafur Sigfusson (1912-1992)		 20 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Svein Sigfusson		 20 Apr 2024

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