Ben Sveinson (born August 4, 1945
[) is a politician in ]Manitoba
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, Canada. He served as a member of the Manitoba legislature
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from 1990 to 1999 as a Progressive Conservative.[
The son of August Sveinson and Mary Gibson, he was born in Spearhill, Manitoba. He attended secondary school in ]Moosehorn
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, and did not attend university. He subsequently worked as a federal meat inspector, and operated businesses in towing, security and TV antenna installation. In 1967, Sveinson married Millie Prokopich.Seine River
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in 1986, and re-elected in 1989. He was elected to the Manitoba legislature in the general election of 1990, beating his nearest opponent by about 1000 votes in the rural southeastern riding of La Verendrye.[ He was never appointed to cabinet, though he did serve as Deputy Chair of Committees for a time.
The Progressive Conservatives were defeated by the ]New Democratic Party
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in the 1999 provincial election. Sveinson was upset in La Verendrye, losing to NDP candidate Ron Lemieux
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by 166 votes. Sveinson did not seek a return to office in 2003.[
Following his defeat, Sveinson joined the real estate firm Century 21. He also joined the federal Progressive Conservative riding association executive in the riding of ]Provencher
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. In 2003, he led the executive in a unanimous vote ''against'' a political merger with the Canadian Alliance
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, and declared his support for Joe Clark
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Despite his relative inexperience, Clark rose quickly in federal polit ...
's (ultimately unsuccessful) attempts to prevent the merger.
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Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba MLAs
1945 births
Living people
Canadian people of Icelandic descent
People from Ste. Anne, Manitoba