Steinn Olafur Thompson (November 23, 1893 – August 19, 1972) was a politician in

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. He served in the

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as a

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from 1945 to 1958. Thompson was born in

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and grew up in Selkirk. He was educated at Wesley College and the Manitoba Medical College. He practised as a doctor in

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after serving overseas with the

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. Thompson was first elected to the Manitoba legislature in the 1945 provincial election, defeating

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candidate S.S. Johnson by 696 votes in the constituency of Gimli. He was returned by acclamation in the 1949 election, and was easily re-elected in the 1953 election. Thompson was a backbench supporter of Douglas Campbell's government during his time in the legislature. He was generally regarded as an undogmatic politician. The Liberal-Progressives were defeated in the 1958 election, and Thompson lost his seat to George Johnson of the Progressive Conservative Party by 614 votes. Thompson was of

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ic background. After leaving politics, he wrote a work of local history entitled "Riverton and the Icelandic River Settlement". The work is over 400 pages long, and is available online. He died at home in Riverton at the age of 78. Thompson's eulogy was delivered by

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, a Unitarian minister who served in the Manitoba assembly as a

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Thompson, Steinn 1893 births 1972 deaths Manitoba Liberal Party MLAs Canadian people of Icelandic descent 20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba Politicians from Winnipeg People from Selkirk, Manitoba Physicians from Manitoba Canadian military personnel of World War I Canadian military personnel from Manitoba