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♂ Elman K. Guttormson
aliasElman K. Guttormson
Record
25154 · 3778

Icelandic-Canadian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 71%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Manitoba 5 2 7
Birth 24 March 1929 → 95 years + 1 month ago
Lived 71 years + 6 months
First mandate 3 December 1956 → 67 years + 4 months ago
↳ at age 27 years + 8 months
Death 10 October 2000 → 23 years + 6 months ago
Exit → Death 31 years + 3 months after 24 June 1969
Special notes
None
 
Elman K. Guttormson (1929–2000)
© Photo Archives of Manitoba via the Manitoba Historical Society — Fair trade
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 6 16 Z

Electoral history

Races 7  
Path points 7  
5 documented challengers
⊖ Mabel E. Allen  f 
⊖ Arthur Schwartz  m 
⊕ William Uruski  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ John H. Hjalmarson  m 
⊖ Joseph L. Schwartz  m 
 
Eligible: 3,252 Votes: 2,431 Participation: 74.75% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
24		 Manitoba
3 December 1956
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIBP  Majority
ID: 37631(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
27
LIBP
 1/3 1,214 49.94% +507 Loser:
PC
 707 29.08% Maklin J.G. Magnusson

Service: 1 year 6 months 12 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 5,570 Votes: 4,012 Participation: 72.03% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
25		 Manitoba
16 June 1958
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 37678(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
29
LIBP
 1/4 2,144 53.86% +1,174 Loser:
PC
 970 24.37% Daniel McFadyen

Service: 10 months 27 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 5,432 Votes: 3,934 Participation: 72.42% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
26		 Manitoba
14 May 1959
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 37735(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
30
LIBP
 1/3 2,279 58.36% +908 Loser:
PC
 1,371 35.11% Ivan G. Casselman

Service: 3 years 6 months 29 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 5,419 Votes: 3,689 Participation: 68.08% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
27		 Manitoba
14 December 1962
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 37797(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
33
LIB
 1/2 2,451 66.95% +1,241 Loser:
PC
 1,210 33.05% John H. Hjalmarson

Service: 3 years 6 months 8 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 5,511 Votes: 3,800 Participation: 68.95% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
28		 Manitoba
23 June 1966
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 13863(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
37
LIB
 1/3 2,009 53.09% +591 Loser:
PC
 1,418 37.47% Arthur Schwartz

Service: 3 years 1 day (Oppo.)
Eligible: 7,466 Votes: 5,352 Participation: 71.68% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
29		 Manitoba
25 June 1969
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Minority
ID: 13920(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:25 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
40
LIB
 2/3 1,886 35.32% -398 Winner:
NDP
 2,284 42.78% William Uruski
Eligible: 7,792 Votes: 6,044 Participation: 77.57% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
30		 Manitoba
28 June 1973
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 9218(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:25 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
44
LIB
 2/2 2,465 40.97% -1,087 Winner:
NDP
 3,552 59.03% William Uruski

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Manitoba: MLA Biographies - Deceased
Guttormson, Elman Kreisler		 24 Feb 2024
FR Assemblée législative du Manitoba: Notes biographiques des députés décédés
Guttormson, Elman Kreisler		 24 Feb 2024
EN Manitoba Historical Society, Memorable Manitobans
Elman Keisler Guttormson (1929-2000)		 24 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
Elman Guttormson		 24 Feb 2024

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