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About Asmundur Loptson
- Asmundur "Minty" Loptson (February 14, 1885 – February 25, 1972) was a merchant, farmer, highway contractor and political figure in Saskatchewan.
- He represented Saltcoats from 1929 to 1934 and from 1948 to 1960 and Pheasant Hills from 1934 to 1948 in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan as a Liberal.
- His surname also appears as Lopston in some sources. Born in Iceland, the son of Sveinbjorn and Steinun Amundson, he came to Winnipeg, Manitoba with his parents in 1887.
- In 1891, the family moved to Saskatchewan.
- Loptson trained as a harness-maker and then moved to Selkirk, Manitoba, where he apprenticed as a jeweller.
- He married Kristin Sveinbjornson in 1908.
- In 1909, Loptson opened a general store in Bredenbury.
- He was a member of the council for the rural municipality of Saltcoats, serving four years as reeve.
- He also served on the town council for Bredenbury, also serving as secretary-treasurer and mayor of the town.
- Loptson was defeated by Joseph Lee Phelps when he ran for reelection to the assembly in 1938.
- After his defeat, he returned to farming, retiring in 1945.
- Loptson ran for an assembly seat again in 1948, defeating Phelps.
- He served as interim Liberal Party leader and opposition leader in the assembly in 1954 after Walter Tucker returned to federal politics.
- Loptson retired from the assembly in 1960, moving to Yorkton.
- He died in Winnipeg in 1972.
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