Arthur (Artturi) August Aalto (originally Silfver; May 2, 1876

Karjalohja Karjalohja (; ) is a former municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the Uusimaa region. Before merging into Lohja, the municipality had a population of (31 December 2012) and covered an area of ...

– April 25, 1937

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) was a Finnish

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politician and journalist. He was elected to the

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in 1919 election from

Uusimaa Province The Province of Uusimaa (, , ) was a province of Finland from 1831 to 1997. It was established in 1831, when the County of Nyland and Tavastehus was divided into the Häme Province and Uusimaa Province. In 1997 it was merged with the Kymi ...

and continued as MP until 1933. Aalto was a member of the electoral college for selecting the

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in 1925 and 1931.

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