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♂ Lorne Edmund Nystrom
aliasLorne Nystrom
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 75%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 9 3 12
Birth 26 April 1946
Age 78 years
First mandate 25 June 1968 → 55 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 22 years + 1 month
 
Mandate ended 19 years + 10 months ago (27 June 2004)
Special notes
None
 
Lorne Edmund Nystrom (1946– )
© Photo 2001 House of Commons (Canada) — Fair trade
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 
Well that's interesting!
Nystrom tried three times to become the leader of the federal NDP — 1975, 1995, 2003 — and each time he came in third place. At age 22, when first elected in 1968, he was the youngest MP ever to be elected.
 

Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 32 4 17

Electoral history

Races 12  
Path points 12  
3 documented challengers
⊕ Garry W. Breitkreuz  m 
⊕ Andrew J. Scheer  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ James N. Ormiston  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 33,979 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Federal
28		 Saskatchewan
25 June 1968
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 10051(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
22
NDP
 1/3 13,212 38.88% +2,513 Loser:
PC
 10,699 31.49% James N. Ormiston

Service: 4 years 4 months 4 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 43,039 Votes: 33,539 Participation: 77.93% Candidacies: 4
Federal
29		 Saskatchewan
30 October 1972
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 10390(F) — 28 Jun 2023 23:18 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
26
NDP
 1/4 15,998 47.70% +6,424 Loser:
LIB
 9,574 28.55% Stephanie Potoski
After his election:
30 Nov 1972 26
NDP
 →
NDP
 Changed allegiance (joined government)
9 May 1974 28
NDP
 →
NDP
 Changed allegiance (joined opposition)
Service: 1 year 8 months 7 days (Oppo. & Gov't & Oppo.)
Eligible: 43,039 Votes: 32,012 Participation: 74.38% Candidacies: 5
Federal
30		 Saskatchewan
8 July 1974
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 10654(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
28
NDP
 1/5 14,586 45.56% +4,640 Loser:
LIB
 9,946 31.07% Stan Kyba

Service: 4 years 10 months 13 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 45,555 Votes: 35,125 Participation: 77.10% Candidacies: 4
Federal
31		 Saskatchewan
22 May 1979
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 4599(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
33
NDP
 1/4 16,677 47.48% +5,296 Loser:
PC
 11,381 32.40% John Miller

Service: 8 months 26 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 45,555 Votes: 33,476 Participation: 73.48% Candidacies: 3
Federal
32		 Saskatchewan
18 February 1980
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 4317(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
33
NDP
 1/3 15,240 45.69% +2,790 Loser:
PC
 12,450 37.33% Ben Hudye

Service: 4 years 6 months 16 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 45,331 Votes: 35,423 Participation: 78.14% Candidacies: 4
Federal
33		 Saskatchewan
4 September 1984
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 4035(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
38
NDP
 1/4 18,116 51.30% +6,316 Loser:
PC
 11,800 33.42% Ken Wasylysen

Service: 4 years 2 months 16 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 36,215 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Federal
34		 Saskatchewan
21 November 1988
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 3740(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
42
NDP
 1/3 18,523 51.15% +5,980 Loser:
PC
 12,543 34.63% Virginia Battiste

Service: 4 years 11 months 3 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 44,767 Votes: 32,571 Participation: 72.76% Candidacies: 4
Federal
35		 Saskatchewan
25 October 1993
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 3445(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
47
NDP
 3/4 9,487 29.24% -1,118 Winner:
REF
 10,605 32.68% Garry W. Breitkreuz
Eligible: 46,276 Votes: 29,079 Participation: 62.84% Candidacies: 5
Federal
36		 Saskatchewan
2 June 1997
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 3138(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 → Returned to Parliament after hiatus
Age
51
NDP
 1/5 12,269 42.40% +4,485 Loser:
REF
 7,784 26.90% Les Winter

Service: 3 years 5 months 24 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 46,711 Votes: 28,545 Participation: 61.11% Candidacies: 3
Federal
37		 Saskatchewan
27 November 2000
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 2837(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
54
NDP
 1/3 11,731 41.30% +164 Loser:
CA
 11,567 40.72% Don Leier

Service: 3 years 7 months (Oppo.)
Eligible: 49,942 Votes: 28,083 Participation: 56.23% Candidacies: 6
Federal
38		 Saskatchewan
28 June 2004
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 1256(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
58
NDP
 2/6 9,151 32.69% -861 Winner:
CPC
 10,012 35.76% Andrew J. Scheer
Eligible: 48,709 Votes: 31,037 Participation: 63.72% Candidacies: 4
Federal
39		 Saskatchewan
23 January 2006
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CPC  Minority
ID: 882(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to Parliament
Age
59
NDP
 2/4 10,041 32.45% -2,712 Winner:
CPC
 12,753 41.21% Andrew J. Scheer

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan, University of Regina
Nystrom, Lorne Edmund (1946-)		 26 Apr 2024
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Hon. Lorne Edmund Nystrom, P.C., M.P.		 26 Apr 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
L'hon. Lorne Edmund Nystrom, C.P., député		 26 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Lorne Nystrom		 26 Apr 2024

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