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♂ Rurik (Ric) Nordman
aliasRurik (Ric) Nordman
Record
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Icelandic-Canadian    Lutheran   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Manitoba 2 1 3
Birth 18 October 1919 → 104 years + 6 months ago
Lived 76 years + 9 months
First mandate 17 November 1981 → 42 years + 5 months ago
↳ at age 62 years
Death 29 July 1996 → 27 years + 8 months ago
Exit → Death 8 years + 3 months after 25 April 1988
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 6 5 6 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 3  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Edward C. Mandrake  m 
 
 
Eligible: 11,286 Votes: 8,051 Participation: 71.34% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
32		 Manitoba
17 November 1981
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 9295(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:25 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
62
PC
 1/4 4,006 49.93% +1,184 Loser:
NDP
 2,822 35.17% Max Melnyk

Service: 4 years 4 months (Oppo.)
Eligible: 11,575 Votes: 7,413 Participation: 64.04% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
33		 Manitoba
18 March 1986
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 9352(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:25 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
66
PC
 1/3 3,813 51.62% +1,618 Loser:
NDP
 2,195 29.71% Max Melnyk

Service: 2 years 1 month 7 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 11,898 Votes: 8,859 Participation: 74.46% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
34		 Manitoba
26 April 1988
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 9409(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:25 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
68
PC
 2/4 3,731 42.18% -187 Winner:
LIB
 3,918 44.29% Edward C. Mandrake

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Manitoba: MLA Biographies - Deceased
Nordman, Rurik (Ric)		 04 Sep 2023
FR Assemblée législative du Manitoba: Notes biographiques des députés décédés
Nordman, Rurik (Ric)		 04 Sep 2023
EN Manitoba Historical Society, Memorable Manitobans
Rurik "Ric" Nordman (1919-1996)		 04 Sep 2023
EN Wikipedia
Ric Nordman		 04 Sep 2023

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