Nels Edwin Nelson (September 7, 1917 – July 13, 1992) was a Canadian politician who served as a

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member of the

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. He was a teacher by career. Nelson made two attempts to become a Member of Parliament at Alberta's Wetaskiwin riding in the

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and 1968 federal elections. He was first elected at the

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riding in the 1972 general election and served in the

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, but was defeated there by Marke Raines of the

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in the 1974 federal election and made no further attempts to return to federal office. On 13 July 1992, Nelson died of a heart attack in Vancouver.http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Genealogy/DisplayGenealogyImage?k=e073a871-5f91-4bed-878b-17c411f537dd

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* 1917 births 1992 deaths Members of the House of Commons of Canada from British Columbia New Democratic Party MPs American emigrants to Canada People from Shoshone County, Idaho {{BritishColumbia-politician-stub