| Elman Guttormson |
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Guttormson was educated at Lundar and United College. He worked for the '' Winnipeg Free Press '' newspaper as a reporter, covering fields as diverse as crime and horse racing. He won a national newspaper award in 1962 , while serving as a member of the legislature. He was first elected to the legislature in a By-election on December 30 , 1956 in the mid-northern constituency of St. George , defeating his Progressive Conservative and CCF opponents by a comfortable margin. He served as a backbench supporter of Douglas Campbell 's government for the next year and a half. The Liberals were defeated provincially in the 1958 Election , although Guttormson won his own seat by a wider margin than before. He was also re-elected without difficulty in the elections of 1959 , 1962 and 1966 . The Liberals lost much of their support base in the 1969 Election , and Guttormson lost his seat to Bill Uruski of the New Democratic Party by 398 votes. He sought a political comeback in the 1973 Election , but lost to Uruski by an increased margin. Guttormson supported the federal and provincial Liberal parties for his entire adult life. One of his daughters married Bob Axworthy, a relative of Lloyd Axworthy . |
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