| Alec Olson | |
| Order1: | 40th |
| Office1: | Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota |
| Term Start1: | December 29, 1976 |
| Term End1: | January 3, 1979 |
| Governor1: | Rudy Perpich |
| Predecessor1: | Rudy Perpich |
| Successor1: | Lou Wangberg |
| Order2: | 1st |
| Office2: | President of the Minnesota Senate |
| Predecessor2: | Rudy Perpich (as lieutenant governor)* |
| Successor2: | Edward J. Gearty |
| Term Start2: | January 1973 |
| Term End2: | December 29, 1976 |
| State3: | Minnesota |
| District3: | 6th |
| Term Start3: | January 3, 1963 |
| Term End3: | January 3, 1967 |
| Predecessor3: | Fred Marshall |
| Successor3: | John M. Zwach |
| Office4: | Member of the Minnesota Senate |
| Term Start4: | May 14, 1969 |
| Term End4: | December 29, 1976 |
| Constituency4: | 23rd district (1969-1973) 21st district (1973-1976) |
| Predecessor4: | Robert G. Johnson |
| Successor4: | Alvin O. H. Setzepfandt Jr. |
| Birth Name: | Alec Gehard Olson |
| Birth Date: | September 11, 1930 |
| Birth Place: | Mamre Township, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota |
| Party: | Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party |
| Profession: | Insurance representative, farmer |
| Children: | 4 |
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Alec Gehard Olson (born September 11, 1930) is an American retired politician from the U.S. state of Minnesota who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1963 to 1967, a member of the Minnesota Senate from 1969 to 1976, and as Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota from 1976 to 1979.
Olison was born in Mamre Township, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota. Olson attended public schools and graduated from Willmar High School in 1948. He farmed between 1948 and 1955, and was an insurance representative from 1955 to 1962. He was active in the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party from 1952 to 1962, serving as a district chairman for four years. He was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1960, 1964 and 1968.[1]
Olson served in the U.S. House of Representatives from January 3, 1963, to January 3, 1967, during the 88th and 89th Congresses. He lost his bid for re-election in 1966.[1] [2] Olson served in the Minnesota Senate from 1969 to 1976 and was Senate president from 1973 to 1976. When Wendell R. Anderson resigned the governorship to become a U.S. senator in 1976 and was succeeded by Lieutenant Governor Rudy Perpich, Olson became the new lieutenant governor; he served from December 29, 1976 to January 3, 1979, and was Perpich's running mate in Minnesota's 1978 gubernatorial race.[1]