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THE ICELANDIC CANADIAN
Winter 19.:>9
Mr. Loptson married Miss Kristin
Sveinbjornson at Churchbridge on
Feb. 14, 1908, and their union was
blessed with a son, Stanley (Sonny), a
Canadian grain commissioner, and two
daughters, Mrs. Rhuna Emery of Long
Beach, California, and Mrs. Bertha
Christopherson of Vancouver. .
Mr. and Mrs. Loptson make their
home at Ste 6 Argyle Apartments,
Yorkton.”
ED. NOTE—Asmundur Loptson was a mem-
ber of the Saskatchewan Legislature from
1929 to 1938 and from 1918 to the present
time. He will continue to be a member until
the next election. —W. J. L.
Senator Thorvaldson
National President
On December 2, at the three day
conference of the Progressive Conserv-
ative Party of Canada, held in Ottawa,
Senator G. S. Thorvaldson was unan-
imously elected President of the Pro-
gressive Party Association. He is the
first Canadian of Icelandic extraction
to be elected president of a national
political party organization.
In an article on the editorial page
of The Winnipeg Tribune of Decem-
ber 3, under the caption: “Man in the
News; The Friendly Senator is a
Fighter’’, appears the following:
“Solli Thorvaldson, despite the big-
grin and the friendly handshake, is a
fighter--the kind who goes to bat for
principles rather than causes. And one
of his big targets in the political ring
has been the trend to statism which has
tempted even the right-wing conserv-
atives in the competition for votes.”
Senator Gunnar S. Thorvaldson
It can be truly said that Senator
Thorvaldson was born into politics.
His father, the late Sveinn Thorvald-
son, M.B.E., was always active in muni-
cipal affairs and for a while was a mem-
ber of the Legislature of Manitoba.
His son, Solli, sat in the same Legis-
lature for South Winnipeg from 1941
to 1949.
The Icelandic Canadian extends
congratulations.