Eric Stefanson (8 January 1913 – 3 February 1977) was a Progressive Conservative party member of the

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. He was born in

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and became an insurance agent and merchant by career. Stefanson attended public school in

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then high school in Winnipeg at

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. From 1950 to 1957, he was a municipal councillor for Gimli and served for four years as deputy mayor there. He was first elected at Manitoba's Selkirk riding in the 1958 general election then re-elected for successive terms in the

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and 1965 federal elections. In the 1968 election he was defeated at Selkirk by

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of the

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. After leaving federal politics, Stefanson became general manager of the Interlake Development Corporation in 1970, where he served until his sudden death in 1977."Deaths and Funerals", ''Winnipeg Free Press'', Saturday, 5 February 1977, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada His son, Eric Stefanson, was a member of Manitoba's legislature.

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* 1913 births 1977 deaths Canadian people of Icelandic descent Manitoba municipal councillors Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Manitoba Politicians from Winnipeg Progressive Conservative Party of Canada MPs 20th-century members of the House of Commons of Canada {{Manitoba-MP-stub