Søren Tjønneland (1868–1954) was a Norwegian mason, trade unionist and politician for the Labour Party and Social Democratic Labour parties. He hailed from Tjønneland in Gaular, but moved to Bergen in 1890. He worked as a mason and chaired the local Labour Party branch, the masons' trade union and the newspaper '' Arbeidet''. He was also a member of Bergen city council. He stood for parliamentary elections several times. In

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he ran as Labour's deputy candidate in the constituency

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, but lost. The same thing happened in

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. In

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he fielded as Labour's top candidate in Nygaard, and won the first round of voting with 2,563 votes, against 2,446 for

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and 2,056 for

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. However, in the subsequent runoff, he entered as the running mate of Johan Samuelsen. They nonetheless won and Tjønneland became a deputy representative to the

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during the term 1916–1918. From 1920 to 1922 he was a member of the national Housing Law Commission. In

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Samuelsen headed the ballot of the new Social Democratic Labour Party; Tjønneland was listed in fourth place. In

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Tjønneland was the ninth candidate. The Social Democratic Labour Party reunited with Labour in 1927. He was the father of later Mayor of Bergen, Knut Tjønneland.

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1868 births 1954 deaths People from Gaular Norwegian trade unionists Politicians from Bergen Labour Party (Norway) politicians Social Democratic Labour Party of Norway politicians Deputy members of the Storting {{Norway-politician-1860s-stub