Christian Halldorson was a politician in Manitoba, Canada

Canada

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. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba

Legislative Assembly of Manitoba

The Legislative Assembly of Manitoba and the lieutenant governor form the Legislature of Manitoba, the legislature of the Canadian province of Manitoba. Fifty-seven members are elected to this assembly in provincial general elections, all in single-member constituencies with first-past-the-post...

 as a Liberal-Progressive

Manitoba Liberal Party

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 from 1945 until his death.

Halldorson's parents emigrated from Iceland

Iceland

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 to Canada four years before his birth. Halldorson was educated at the Manitoba Agricultural College, and worked as an insurance agent. During World War I

World War I

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, he served with the 107th Battalion C.E.F. and 3rd Canadian Engineers from February 1915 to May 9, 1919, and was stationed in France

France

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 from 1917 to 1919.

He was first elected to the Manitoba legislature in the 1945 provincial election

Manitoba general election, 1945

Manitoba's general election of October 15, 1945 was held to elect Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Manitoba, Canada.The 1945 provincial election was extremely different from the previous election, which was held in 1941...

, defeating Eric Stefanson

Eric Stefanson

Eric Stefanson is a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the cabinet of Progressive Conservative Premier Gary Filmon from 1991 to 1999, and was a member of the Manitoba legislature from 1990 to 2000...

 by 258 votes in the St. George constituency. He was re-elected by acclamation in the 1949 election

Manitoba general election, 1949

Manitoba's general election of November 10, 1949 was held to elect Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Manitoba, Canada.This election pitted the province's coalition government, made up of the Liberal-Progressive Party and the Progressive Conservative Party, against a variety of...

, and easily defeated a Social Credit

Manitoba Social Credit Party

The Manitoba Social Credit Party was a political party in the Canadian province of Manitoba. In its early years, it espoused the monetary reform theories of social credit....

 opponent in 1953

Manitoba general election, 1953

Manitoba's general election of June 8, 1953 was held to elect Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Manitoba, Canada. This was the first election held in Manitoba after the breakup of a ten-year coalition government led by the Liberal-Progressives and Progressive Conservatives...

. He died three years later, while still a member of the legislature.

Unlike most Liberal-Progressive backbenchers, Halldorson supported the CCF's proposals for pension reform in 1955.