Thorkell Wallace (Wally) Johannson (born April 10, 1936) is a
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former
politician
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Legislative Assembly of Manitoba
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Manitoba
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, the son of Thorkell Johannson and Gudrun Sigvaldason, Johannson was educated at the
University of Manitoba
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He was first elected to the Manitoba legislature in the 1969 provincial election, defeating incumbent Progressive Conservative MLA and future
Winnipeg
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mayor
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Robert Steen
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in the riding of St. Matthews. He was re-elected with an increased majority in the election of 1973.
Johannson did not serve in the
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of
Edward Schreyer
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. In the 1977 election, he lost his seat to Tory candidate
Len Domino
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by 124 votes. He returned to educational work after his defeat.
Johannson was initially an ally of Schreyer, but became more closely associated with leadership contender Sidney Green as the decade progressed. He attended an early meeting of Green's
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in 1981, though his loyalty to the NDP ultimately stopped him from joining.