Ingimar Ingaldson
Ingmar Ingaldson (April 4, 1888[1]—September 21, 1934[2]) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1927 to 1932, as a member of the Progressive Party.[1]
He was born in
He first ran for the Manitoba legislature in the
Ingaldson ran again in the 1927 election as a Progressive,[1] and defeated Liberal candidate Einar Jonasson by 225 votes (Rojeski, now an independent, finished third). The Progressives won a majority government, and Ingaldson served as a backbench supporter of John Bracken's administration. In 1930, he visited Iceland as a representative of the Manitoba government for the nation's millennial celebrations.
In 1932, the Progressive and Liberal parties formed an electoral alliance to prevent the Conservatives from forming government. Despite the provincial alliance, however, Jonasson again challenged Ingaldson in Gimli. Jonasson won the challenge[1] by 271 votes, with both candidates proclaiming support for Bracken's government.
Ingaldson died two years later in a drowning accident.[2]
References
- ^ a b c d e "MLA Biographies - Deceased". Legislative Assembly of Manitoba. Archived from the original on 2014-03-30.
- ^ a b c d "Ingimar Ingaldson (1888-1934)". Memorable Manitobans. Manitoba Historical Society. Retrieved 2013-03-09.