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, and served as deputy mayor, for some time. He was elected to the

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already in the 1903 election, representing the constituencies of

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. The Labour Party went from 0 to 4 seats after the 1903 election, all representatives of

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. In addition to Lind Johansen, they were Meyer Foshaug, Alfred Eriksen and

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; also,

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was elected on the

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ballot. Johansen was re-elected from the new single-member constituency for

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to serve one more term.

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1852 births 1940 deaths Labour Party (Norway) politicians Troms politicians Members of the Storting Norwegian expatriates in Belgium Norwegian expatriates in France {{Norway-politician-1850s-stub