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♂ Ben Sveinson
aliasBen Sveinson
Record
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Icelandic-Canadian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Manitoba 2 1 3
Birth 4 August 1945
Age 78 years + 8 months
First mandate 11 September 1990 → 33 years + 7 months ago
↳ at age 45 years + 1 month
 
Mandate ended 24 years + 7 months ago (20 September 1999)
Special notes
None
 
Ben Sveinson (1945– )
© Photo Legislative Assembly, Manitoba — Fair trade
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

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Length of service in elected office within the scope of PoliCan

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Manitoba 9 0 7 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 3  
1 documented challenger
⊕ Ron Lemieux  m 
 
 
Eligible: 12,617 Votes: 8,413 Participation: 66.68% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
35		 Manitoba
11 September 1990
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 9486(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:25 ET
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 → New to this legislature
Age
45
PC
 1/3 3,731 44.49% +1,013 Loser:
LIB
 2,718 32.41% Clair Noel

Service: 4 years 7 months 13 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 13,749 Votes: 9,585 Participation: 69.71% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
36		 Manitoba
25 April 1995
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 9542(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:25 ET
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 Re-elected incumbent
Age
49
PC
 1/3 4,581 48.02% +2,074 Loser:
LIB
 2,507 26.28% Marinus Van Osch

Service: 4 years 4 months 26 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 12,588 Votes: 8,613 Participation: 68.42% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
37		 Manitoba
21 September 1999
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 9599(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:25 ET
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 Defeated incumbent →
Age
54
PC
 2/4 3,367 39.26% -166 Winner:
NDP
 3,533 41.20% Ron Lemieux

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Manitoba: MLA Biographies - Living
Sveinson, Ben		 17 Mar 2024
FR Assemblée législative du Manitoba: Notes biographiques des députés
Sveinson, Ben		 17 Mar 2024
EN Wikipedia
Ben Sveinson		 17 Mar 2024

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