Inge Ryan
Inge Ryan | |
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Norway Parliament for Nord-Trøndelag | |
In office 2001–2009 | |
Mayor of Namsskogan | |
In office 1991–1995 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Overhalla, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway | 15 August 1956
Political party | Socialist Left |
Spouse | Bjørg Tørresdal (2005-) |
Inge Ryan (born 15 August 1956 in
Early and personal life
Ryan was born 15 August 1956 in Overhalla of forester Arvid Ryan and nurse Irene Opdal. He attended Øysletta School from 1963 to 1969.
On 5 November 2005, Ryan married
In June 2009, Ryan was admitted to
Professional career
While attending secondary school, Ryan had several small jobs, including for Øyvind Johansen. When 18, Ryan worked at a fish factory in
Political career
Ryan's first political activity started at the age of 15, when his grandfather Helge Opdal took him to a political meeting, where Ryan listed to the
Municipal and county
Prior to the 1983 municipal election, Odd Einar Dørum, the leader of the Liberal Party asked him to run as a candidate for the municipal council, and Ryan accepted since he did not disagree with anything on the program. He was however not elected. In 1989, the Socialist Left Party started a chapter in Namsskogan, and Ryan was nominated as top candidate. Following the 1991 election, the party won 26.2% of the popular vote. The party cooperated with the Centre Party, which involved the Socialist Left Party gaining the mayor for the four-year term in exchange for supporting the Centre Party's candidate in the next term. Ryan, who had never met in a single municipal council meeting, was thereby elected mayor.[2] Nationally, the party captured only seven mayors in the election.[7] In the same election, Ryan was also elected member of Nord-Trøndelag County Council. The following year, Ryan was appointed as board member of the county-owned power company Nord-Trøndelag Elektrisitetsverk, where he sat until 1999. He was also leader of the Namsskogan chapter of the Socialist Left Party.[1]
In the 1995 election, Ryan was re-elected to the municipal council and county council, and subsequently appointed deputy mayor of Namsskogan and the county's executive board. In 1996, he was appointed to the board of a government committee to grant subsidies to local stores in remote locations. The same year he became a deputy board member of Nord-Trøndelag University College, and from 1999 until 2001 he was a regular member. From 1998 to 2002, he also sat on the board of Trøndelag R&D Institute. Following the 1999 election, Ryan was re-elected to the municipal and county councils, and was appointed to the county's executive board. From 1999 to 2001, Ryan sat on the board for Norwegian Association of Local and Regional Authorities (KS).[1] Ryan also sat in the KS-appointed Stand Committee, led by Morten Strand, that suggested to reduce the number of directorate and reduce the influence of the county governors.[8]
Parliament and national politics
Prior to the 1993 parliamentary election, Ryan was one of three nominee candidates for the Socialist Left Party's list in Nord-Trøndelag. Ryan was nominated on third place on the list, after Jorunn Hageler and Inge Staldvik.[9][10] Hageler was elected to parliament, and Ryan was her second deputy during the term 1993 to 1997.[1] Prior to the 1997 election, Ryan was launched as an alternative top candidate for Nord-Trøndelag. At the nomination meeting, Hageler won 23 against Ryan's 13 votes, and Ryan was placed on second place on the list.[11] After the nomination, Hageler stated that she regretted having said that Ryan was less suitable to sit in parliament than she was, because of his down-to-earth appeal and informal dress code.[12] The party failed to win a seat from the county in 1997. Ryan was a possible candidate to become deputy party leader of his party in 1997, but was instead appointed as central board member.[13] He became deputy leader in 1999, a position he held until 2001.[1]
In the 2001 election, Ryan was the party's top candidate in the county, and succeeded in winning a seat. The party had its best election ever, including in Nord-Trøndelag, where it won 13.8% of the votes, up 7.5% compared to 1997.[14] Ryan became a member of the party's largest parliamentary group ever. During the parliamentary term from 2001 to 2005, Ryan was a member of the Standing Committee on Business and Industry and the Election Committee. He was a member of the parliamentary delegation to the Nordic Council. He also was a deputy member of the European Committee and the delegation to the United Nations General Assembly.[1]
In the
Political policy
Since the 1970s, Namsskogan had experienced a rapid decline in the population, from 1,750 to 1,000 in the early 1990s. Among Ryan's political changes as mayor was to encourage people to take their holidays in the winter instead of the summer. He argued that the three main industries in Namsskogan—agriculture, forestry and tourism—all had their peaks during May through October, but that it was difficult to get sufficient work-force during this period because people were on holiday. The municipality offered 4,000 kr to anyone who took their three-week summer vacation during the winter.[15] Ryan also introduced a public service office, where residents could be served with all necessary public over-the-counter services at one place. For people living outside the community center, a cooperation was made with local stores where people could send in standardized application there. Some simple applications, such as erecting a simple garage, were approved on the spot at the service office. The Socialist Left Party used Namsskogan during the 1995 election as their prime example for how they wanted to modernize the public sector.[16]
Ryan's election as party deputy leader in 1999 was largely due to the party's parliamentary support for the
During the 2001 election, Ryan's main issues were related to regional policy. He wanted to introduce subsidies for local stores in rural areas,[19] and equal price throughout the country for power line component in the electrical prices.[20] Other issues were increased funding for schools,[21] increasing the progressivity of taxation[22] and making a two-tier system for taxes on electricity.[23] After being elected, Ryan worked to establish public service offices, and wanted to force state agencies to participate in these.[24] He also called for a separate Minister of Rural Affairs.[25]
Election results
Municipal elections
Party | 1983[26][27] | 1991[28][29] | 1995[30] | 1999[31] | ||||||
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Votes | % | Votes | % | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | ||
Labour |
395 | 53.8 | 236 | 35.7 | 31.8 | 5 | 205 | 37.2 | 7 | |
Socialist Left | — | — | 173 | 26.2 | 27.5 | 5 | 114 | 20.7 | 3 | |
Centre | 71 | 9.7 | 111 | 16.8 | 20.9 | 4 | — | — | — | |
Liberal | 36 | 4.9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Christian Democratic |
— | — | 31 | 4.7 | — | — | — | — | — | |
Local list | 232 | 31.6 | 110 | 16.6 | 19.8 | 3 | 232 | 42.1 | 7 | |
Outcome | Not elected | Mayor | Deputy mayor | Elected |
County elections
Party | 1991[32] | 1995[30][32] | 1999[32] | |||
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Seats | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | |
Labour |
16 | 35.9 | 17 | 20,412 | 37.5 | 18 |
Centre | 14 | 32.6 | 15 | 11,469 | 21.1 | 10 |
Socialist Left | 6 | 7.0 | 3 | 5,651 | 10.4 | 5 |
Conservative |
4 | 8.5 | 4 | 5,179 | 9.5 | 4 |
Christian Democratic |
2 | 4.8 | 2 | 3,749 | 6.9 | 3 |
Progress | 1 | 4.6 | 2 | 4,007 | 7.4 | 3 |
Liberal | 2 | 5.2 | 2 | 2,897 | 5.3 | 2 |
Other | 0 | 1.4 | 0 | 1,031 | 1.9 | 0 |
Outcome | Elected | Elected | Elected |
Parliamentary elections
In the 1993 and 1997, Ryan was third and second candidate on the lists. For the 2001 and 2005 elections, he was the top candidate.
Party | 1993[33][34] | 1997[35] | 2001[36] | 2005[37] | |||||||
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% | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | |
Labour |
38.4 | 3 | 29,370 | 40.1 | 3 | 22,703 | 32.4 | 2 | 29,359 | 40.0 | 2 |
Centre | 31.1 | 2 | 14,003 | 19.1 | 1 | 10,878 | 15.5 | 1 | 11,966 | 16.3 | 1 |
Socialist Left | 9.8 | 1 | 4,601 | 6.3 | 0 | 9,671 | 13.8 | 1 | 8,399 | 11.5 | 1 |
Progress | 2.5 | 0 | 6,651 | 9.1 | 1 | 7,445 | 10.6 | 1 | 10,916 | 14.9 | 1 |
Christian Democratic |
4.6 | 0 | 8,845 | 12.1 | 1 | 7,260 | 10.4 | 1 | 3,439 | 4.7 | 0 |
Conservative |
8.1 | 0 | 4,981 | 6.8 | 0 | 7,191 | 10.3 | 0 | 5,094 | 6.9 | 0 |
Liberal | 4.1 | 0 | 3,446 | 4.7 | 0 | 2,408 | 3.4 | 0 | 3,165 | 4.3 | 1† |
Other | 1.0 | 0 | 1,394 | 1.8 | 0 | 2,550 | 3.6 | 0 | 1,000 | 1.4 | 0 |
Outcome | Second deputy | Not elected | Elected | Elected |
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- ^ Nilsen, Ole Johan (17 November 1992). "Historisk ordførermøte i SV". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). p. 6.
- ^ Braathen, Truls (8 November 2000). "KS-utvalg vil slanke Fylkesmannen". Kommunal Rapport (in Norwegian).
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