Lyle Stuart Kristiansen (May 9, 1939 – June 18, 2015) was a Canadian
New Democratic Party
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member of the
House of Commons
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. He was an executive secretary, financial secretary and woodworker by career.
His first two attempts at a House of Commons seat from British Columbia were unsuccessful. He first campaigned federally in the
1965 federal election at
Vancouver Centre electoral district. He would not run again until the
1979 federal election at
Kootenay West
Kootenay West was a federal electoral district (Canada), electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1917 to 1988.
This Riding (division), riding was created in 1914 from parts o ...
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Kirstiansen was successful in his third federal attempt in
1980 election at Kootenay West. He lost this seat in the
1984 general election, but returned to Ottawa after the
1988 federal election at the
Kootenay West--Revelstoke riding. Kristiansen did not contest another federal election and left federal politics in 1993. He served in the
32nd and
34th Canadian Parliaments.
In his later years, Lyle became the BCFORUM Representative on th
Sunshine Coast Labour Council where he was considered both an asset, and a friend by all who served on the council with him.
Kristiansen died on June 18, 2015, at the age of 76.
Electoral record
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1939 births
2015 deaths
Canadian people of Danish descent
Members of the House of Commons of Canada from British Columbia
New Democratic Party MPs
Politicians from Vancouver
20th-century members of the House of Commons of Canada
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