Erling Johan Vindenes is a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party.

He was born in Nordfolden-Kjerringø

Nordfold-Kjerringøy

Nordfold-Kjerringøy is a former municipality in Nordland county, Norway.It was created when Folden was split into Nordfold-Kjerringøy and Sørfold on 1 January 1887. At that time Nordfold-Kjerringøy had a population of 1.347...

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He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Nordland

Nordland

is a county in Norway in the North Norway region, bordering Troms in the north, Nord-Trøndelag in the south, Norrbottens län in Sweden to the east, Västerbottens län to the southeast, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west. The county was formerly known as Nordlandene amt. The county administration is...

 in 1950, and was re-elected on two occasions. He had previously served in the position of deputy representative during the term 1945–1949.

Vindenes was a member of Nordfold

Nordfold

Nordfold is a former municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The administrative centre was the village Nordfold.It was created when Nordfold-Kjerringøy was split into Nordfold and Kjerringøy on 1 January 1906. At that time Nordfold had a population of 1,485....

 municipality council from 1925 to 1928 and served as mayor in 1931–1934, 1934–1937, 1937–1942, 1945–1947 and 1947–1951. He later became mayor of Steigen

Steigen

Steigen is a municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is part of the Salten traditional region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Leinesfjord....

municipality in 1966–1967. He was also a member of Nordland county council from 1931 to 1942 and 1945 to 1951.