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minister for congregations in Gimli and Otto and Mary Hill, Manitoba. From 1914 to 1928, he was president of the United Conference of Icelandic Churches. Kristjansson was elected to the Manitoba legislature in the 1920 provincial election as a Labour Party candidate, defeating Liberal incumbent

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by 117 votes in the constituency of

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. The Liberal Party won a

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in this election, and Kristjansson initially served with the Labour parliamentary group in opposition. He subsequently left the Labour Party to sit with the Independent-Farmer legislative group, loosely aligned with the

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. He sought re-election as a candidate of the

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in the 1922 campaign, and lost to Sigfusson by 652 votes. Kristjansson attempted to return to the legislature as a

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candidate in the 1927 election, but lost to Sigfusson again. After 1928, he was minister for congregations in Seattle and

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. Kristjansson died in Blaine at the age of 97.,

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kristjansson, Albert Icelandic emigrants to Canada Canadian people of Faroese descent 1877 births 1974 deaths Dominion Labour Party (Manitoba) MLAs Progressive Party of Manitoba politicians People from Blaine, Washington