Thompson was first elected to the Manitoba legislature in the 1945 provincial election,[1] defeating CCF candidate S.S. Johnson by 696 votes in the constituency of Gimli. He was returned by acclamation in the 1949 election, and was easily re-elected in the 1953 election.[1] Thompson was a backbench supporter of Douglas Campbell's government during his time in the legislature. He was generally regarded as an undogmatic politician.
Thompson was of Icelandic background. After leaving politics, he wrote a work of local history entitled "Riverton and the Icelandic River Settlement". The work is over 400 pages long, and is available online.[3]
^Thompson, Steinn O (1976). "Riverton and the Icelandic River settlement : the early years".
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steinn, thompson, steinn, olafur, thompson, november, 1893, august, 1972, politician, manitoba, canada, served, legislative, assembly, manitoba, liberal, progressive, from, 1945, 1958, thompson, born, winnipeg, grew, selkirk, educated, wesley, college, manitob. Steinn Olafur Thompson November 23 1893 August 19 1972 was a politician in Manitoba Canada He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba as a Liberal Progressive from 1945 to 1958 1 Thompson was born in Winnipeg and grew up in Selkirk He was educated at Wesley College and the Manitoba Medical College He practised as a doctor in Riverton Manitoba after serving overseas with the Canadian Army in World War I 2 Thompson was first elected to the Manitoba legislature in the 1945 provincial election 1 defeating CCF candidate S S Johnson by 696 votes in the constituency of Gimli He was returned by acclamation in the 1949 election and was easily re elected in the 1953 election 1 Thompson was a backbench supporter of Douglas Campbell s government during his time in the legislature He was generally regarded as an undogmatic politician The Liberal Progressives were defeated in the 1958 election and Thompson lost his seat to George Johnson of the Progressive Conservative Party 1 by 614 votes Thompson was of Icelandic background After leaving politics he wrote a work of local history entitled Riverton and the Icelandic River Settlement The work is over 400 pages long and is available online 3 He died at home in Riverton at the age of 78 2 Thompson s eulogy was delivered by Philip Petursson a Unitarian minister who served in the Manitoba assembly as a New Democrat References edit a b c d MLA Biographies Deceased Legislative Assembly of Manitoba Archived from the original on 2014 03 30 a b Steinn Olafur Thompson 1893 1972 Memorable Manitobans Manitoba Historical Society Retrieved 2013 05 16 Thompson Steinn O 1976 Riverton and the Icelandic River settlement the early years Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Steinn O Thompson amp oldid 1134712371, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
