Arvid Lundell | |
Office: | Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia |
Predecessor: | William James Johnson |
Successor: | Vincent Segur |
Term Start: | 1949 |
Term End: | 1952 |
Predecessor2: | Vincent Segur |
Successor2: | George Hobbs |
Term Start2: | 1949 |
Term End2: | 1952 |
Constituency: | Revelstoke |
Constituency2: | Revelstoke |
Birth Name: | Arvid Waldemar Lundell |
Birth Date: | 6 September 1899 |
Birth Place: | Revelstoke, British Columbia |
Death Place: | Revelstoke, British Columbia |
Spouse: | Isabel Dunlop Janet McTaggart |
Party: | Coalition/Conservative/Social Credit |
Occupation: | newspaper owner and editor |
Arvid Waldemar Lundell (September 6, 1899 - May 6, 1984) was a newspaper owner and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Revelstoke in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1949 to 1952 as a Conservative member of the Coalition Government, and from 1956 to 1960 and from 1963 to 1966 as a Social Credit member.
He was born in Revelstoke, British Columbia in 1889, the son of Frederick Lundell and Kerstin Cederholm, both natives of Sweden. Lundell was married twice: first to Isabel Dunlop in 1922 and then to Janet McTaggart in 1934. He was the publisher of the Revelstoke Review: As a newsboy, he had delivered the first issue and then, later, he became its owner. Lundell also served as an alderman for Revelstoke[1] and was mayor of Revelstoke from 1962 to 1969.[2] He was defeated when he ran for reelection in 1952, 1953, 1960, and a 1962 byelection.[3] Lundell was also president of the Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association.[4] He died in Revelstoke at the age of 84.[5]