Eric Stefanson Sr. Explained

Eric Stefanson
Birth Date:1913 1, df=yes
Birth Place:Winnipeg, Manitoba
Death Place:Gimli, Manitoba
Spouse:Sigrun Sigurdson
m. 19 May 1935[1]
Riding:Selkirk
Term Start:March 1958
Term End:June 1968
Predecessor:William Bryce
Successor:Ed Schreyer
Profession:insurance agent, merchant
Party:Progressive Conservative

Eric Stefanson (8 January 1913 – 3 February 1977) was a Progressive Conservative party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba and became an insurance agent and merchant by career.

Stefanson attended public school in Vestfold then high school in Winnipeg at Daniel McIntyre Collegiate Institute. From 1950 to 1957, he was a municipal councillor for Gimli and served for four years as deputy mayor there.

He was first elected at Manitoba's Selkirk riding in the 1958 general election then re-elected for successive terms in the 1962, 1963 and 1965 federal elections. In the 1968 election he was defeated at Selkirk by Ed Schreyer of the New Democratic Party.

After leaving federal politics, Stefanson became general manager of the Interlake Development Corporation in 1970, where he served until his sudden death in 1977.[2] [3]

His son, Eric Stefanson, was a member of Manitoba's legislature.

References

  1. Book: Normandin, Pierre G. . Canadian Parliamentary Guide . 1967 .
  2. Web site: Eric Stefanson (1913–1977) . 2009-10-15 . 4 January 2009 . Manitoba Historical Society .
  3. "Deaths and Funerals", Winnipeg Free Press, Saturday, 5 February 1977, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada