Brian Merritt Bergson (born September 4, 1964) was an American politician. Bergson was born in

Minnesota Minnesota ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Upper Midwestern region of the United States. It is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Ontario to the north and east and by the U.S. states of Wisconsin to the east, Iowa to the so ...

and lived in

Osseo, Minnesota Osseo ( ) is a small city in Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States. As of the 2020 United States census, it has a population of 2,688. Etymology It is said that "Osseo" derives from the Ojibwe name ''"Waaseyaa"'' meaning "There is light", ...

. He served in the

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and was a businessman. Bergson went to the

University of Minnesota The University of Minnesota Twin Cities (historically known as University of Minnesota) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul, Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint ...

and studied geography. Bergson served in the

Minnesota House of Representatives The Minnesota House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the U.S. state of Minnesota's Minnesota Legislature, legislature. It operates in conjunction with the Minnesota Senate, the state's upper chamber, to write and pass legislation, whic ...

in 1993 and 1994 and was a

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. His great-uncle

Leonidas Merritt Leonidas Merritt (February 20, 1844 – August 9, 1926) was an American politician and businessman and one of the Seven Iron Brothers, iron ore pioneers. Merriitt was born in Chautauqua County, New York. He moved to Minnesota in 1856 and se ...

also served in the

Minnesota Legislature The Minnesota Legislature is the bicameral legislature of the U.S. state of Minnesota consisting of two houses: the Senate and the House of Representatives. Senators are elected from 67 single-member districts. In order to account for decenn ...

.Minnesota Legislators: Past & Present-Brian Merritt Bergson
/ref> Later Bergson became a lobbyist for Polaris.

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1964 births Living people People from Osseo, Minnesota Military personnel from Minnesota University of Minnesota alumni Businesspeople from Minnesota Democratic Party members of the Minnesota House of Representatives 20th-century members of the Minnesota Legislature {{Minnesota-MNRepresentative-Democratic-stub