Market towns of Møre og Romsdal county
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The Market towns of Møre og Romsdal county was an electoral district for parliamentary elections in Norway. It comprised the market towns of Kristiansund
, Molde
and Ålesund
in Møre og Romsdal
county.
The district was established ahead of the Norwegian parliamentary election, 1921
following the change from single member
constituencies to plural member constituencies in 1919.
Following changes in the national policy on market towns in 1952, these electoral districts were abolished ahead of the Norwegian parliamentary election, 1953
. Instead, each county became one electoral district, and for election purposes the towns were integrated into their respective counties.
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Kristiansund
Kristiansund is a city and municipality on the western coast of Norway, in the Nordmøre district of Møre og Romsdal county. It was officially awarded township status in 1742, and it is still the major town for the region. The administrative center of the municipality is the city of Kristiansund...
, Molde
Molde
is a city and municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the Romsdal region. The municipality is located on the Romsdal Peninsula, surrounding the Fannefjord and Moldefjord...
and Ålesund
Ålesund
is a town and municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the traditional district of Sunnmøre, and the center of the Ålesund Region. It is a sea port, and is noted for its unique concentration of Art Nouveau architecture....
in Møre og Romsdal
Møre og Romsdal
is a county in the northernmost part of Western Norway. It borders the counties of Sør-Trøndelag, Oppland and Sogn og Fjordane. The county administration is located in Molde, while Ålesund is the largest city.-The name:...
county.
The district was established ahead of the Norwegian parliamentary election, 1921
Norwegian parliamentary election, 1921
-Results:-References:*...
following the change from single member
Single-winner voting systems
A single-member district or single-member constituency is an electoral district that returns one officeholder to a body with multiple members such as a legislature...
constituencies to plural member constituencies in 1919.
Following changes in the national policy on market towns in 1952, these electoral districts were abolished ahead of the Norwegian parliamentary election, 1953
Norwegian parliamentary election, 1953
-Results:...
. Instead, each county became one electoral district, and for election purposes the towns were integrated into their respective counties.
Representatives
The following representatives were elected from the Market towns of Møre og Romsdal county:Representative 1 | Representative 2 | Representative 3 | |
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1921 Norwegian parliamentary election, 1921 -Results:-References:*... |
Alvestad, SDA | Müller Oluf Christian Müller Oluf Christian Müller was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Left Party.He was elected to the Parliament of Norway in 1919 from the constituency Kristiansund, and was re-elected in 1922 from the Market towns of Møre og Romsdal county. From 1923 to 1924 he was Vice President of the Storting... , FV |
Larsen Oscar Ludvig Larsen Oscar Ludvig Larsen was a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party.He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1919 from the constituency Aalesund og Molde, and was re-elected in 1922 from the Market towns of Møre og Romsdal county.He was born in Ålesund, and worked as a wholesaler and... , H |
1924 Norwegian parliamentary election, 1924 -Results:-References:*... |
Alvestad, SDA | Witzøe, H | Anderssen-Rysst Torgeir Anderssen-Rysst Torgeir Anderssen-Rysst was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party. A lawyer by profession, he worked as editor of Sunnmørsposten from 1918 to 1928, and again in 1931 and 1934. He served as Minister of Defense in the second government of Johan Mowinckel 1928-1931... , V |
1927 Norwegian parliamentary election, 1927 -Results:-References:*... |
Alvestad, A | Anderssen-Rysst Torgeir Anderssen-Rysst Torgeir Anderssen-Rysst was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party. A lawyer by profession, he worked as editor of Sunnmørsposten from 1918 to 1928, and again in 1931 and 1934. He served as Minister of Defense in the second government of Johan Mowinckel 1928-1931... , V |
Witzøe, H |
1930 Norwegian parliamentary election, 1930 -Results:*... |
Alvestad, A | Anderssen-Rysst Torgeir Anderssen-Rysst Torgeir Anderssen-Rysst was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party. A lawyer by profession, he worked as editor of Sunnmørsposten from 1918 to 1928, and again in 1931 and 1934. He served as Minister of Defense in the second government of Johan Mowinckel 1928-1931... , V |
Witzøe, H |
1933 Norwegian parliamentary election, 1933 -Results:- References :... |
Alvestad, A | Olsen Johan Ulrik Olsen Johan Ulrik Olsen was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.He was born in Hitteren as a son of farmer Peder Olsen og Dorothea Hesnes . He became a journeyman carpenter in 1899, at the age of 14, and worked in that field until 1914, when he started his own fishing business... , A |
Anderssen-Rysst Torgeir Anderssen-Rysst Torgeir Anderssen-Rysst was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party. A lawyer by profession, he worked as editor of Sunnmørsposten from 1918 to 1928, and again in 1931 and 1934. He served as Minister of Defense in the second government of Johan Mowinckel 1928-1931... , V |
1936 Norwegian parliamentary election, 1936 The parliamentary election of 1936 was the last one held in Norway before World War II and the German invasion of Norway.-Results:*... |
Olsen Johan Ulrik Olsen Johan Ulrik Olsen was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.He was born in Hitteren as a son of farmer Peder Olsen og Dorothea Hesnes . He became a journeyman carpenter in 1899, at the age of 14, and worked in that field until 1914, when he started his own fishing business... , A |
Anderssen-Rysst Torgeir Anderssen-Rysst Torgeir Anderssen-Rysst was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party. A lawyer by profession, he worked as editor of Sunnmørsposten from 1918 to 1928, and again in 1931 and 1934. He served as Minister of Defense in the second government of Johan Mowinckel 1928-1931... , V |
Sæther, H |
1945 Norwegian parliamentary election, 1945 These elections were held on 8 October 1945. The Labour Party won an absolute majority in the Storting which they would keep until 1961.-Results:... |
Olsen Johan Ulrik Olsen Johan Ulrik Olsen was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.He was born in Hitteren as a son of farmer Peder Olsen og Dorothea Hesnes . He became a journeyman carpenter in 1899, at the age of 14, and worked in that field until 1914, when he started his own fishing business... , A |
Fostervoll Kaare Fostervoll Kaare Fostervoll was a Norwegian educator and politician for the Labour Party. From 1949 to 1962 he was the director-general of the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation .-Early career:... , A |
Bae Ivar Bae Ivar Bae was a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party.He was born in Bremsnes.He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from the Market towns of Møre og Romsdal county in 1945, but was not re-elected in 1949.On the local level he was a member of the executive committee of Kristiansund... , H |
1949 Norwegian parliamentary election, 1949 The general election of 1949 was held to elect 150 MPs to the Storting. The Norwegian Labour Party increased its share of the vote an won a large majority of seats in the chamber.... |
Alvestad, A | Langlo Kristian Langlo Kristian Langlo was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party.He was born in Stranda.He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from the Market towns of Møre og Romsdal in 1950, and was later re-elected on one occasion .Langlo held various positions in Ålesund city council from 1931 to 1934 and... , V |
Olsen Johan Ulrik Olsen Johan Ulrik Olsen was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.He was born in Hitteren as a son of farmer Peder Olsen og Dorothea Hesnes . He became a journeyman carpenter in 1899, at the age of 14, and worked in that field until 1914, when he started his own fishing business... , A |
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- NKP = Communist Party, Norges Kommunistiske Parti
- A = Labour PartyNorwegian Labour PartyThe Labour Party is a social-democratic political party in Norway. It is the senior partner in the current Norwegian government as part of the Red-Green Coalition, and its leader, Jens Stoltenberg, is the current Prime Minister of Norway....
, Det Norske Arbeiderparti - SDA = Social Democratic Labour PartySocial Democratic Labour Party of NorwayThe Social Democratic Labour Party of Norway was a Norwegian political party in the 1920s. Following the Labour Party's entry into the Comintern in 1919, its right wing left the party to form the Social Democratic Labour Party in 1921...
, Norges Socialdemokratiske Arbeiderparti - RF = Radical People's Party (Worker Democrats)Radical People's PartyRadical People's Party was a political party in Norway, originally founded as the Labour Democrats . The party took part in its first elections in 1906. At that time the party was led by Johan Castberg...
, Det Radikale Folkeparti (Arbeiderdemokratene) - KrF = Christian Democratic Party, Kristelig Folkeparti
- B = Farmers' PartyCentre Party (Norway)The Centre Party is a centrist and agrarian political party in Norway, founded in 1920. The Centre Party's policy is not based on any of the major ideologies of the 19th and 20th century, but has a focus on maintaining decentralised economic development and political decision-making.From its...
, Bondepartiet - V = Liberal PartyVenstre (Norway)The Liberal Party is a centrist liberal political party in Norway. The party is the oldest in the country, and has enacted reforms such as parliamentarism, freedom of religion, universal suffrage and free education. Since 2010, the leader of the party is Trine Skei Grande...
, Venstre - FV = Liberal Left Party, Frisinnede Venstre
- H = Conservative PartyConservative Party of NorwayThe Conservative Party is a Norwegian political party. The current leader is Erna Solberg. The party was since the 1920s consistently the second largest party in Norway, but has been surpassed by the growth of the Progress Party in the late 1990s and 2000s...
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