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About Ben Sveinson
- Ben Sveinson (born August 4, 1945) is a politician in Manitoba, Canada.
- He served as a member of the Manitoba legislature from 1990 to 1999 as a Progressive Conservative.The son of August Sveinson and Mary Gibson, he was born in Spearhill, Manitoba.
- He attended secondary school in Moosehorn, and did not attend university.
- He subsequently worked as a federal meat inspector, and operated businesses in towing, security and TV antenna installation.
- In 1967, Sveinson married Millie Prokopich.Sveinson was elected as a school trustee in Seine River in 1986, and re-elected in 1989.
- He was elected to the Manitoba legislature in the general election of 1990, beating his nearest opponent by about 1000 votes in the rural southeastern riding of La Verendrye.Sveinson was re-elected in the 1995 election by about 2000 votes over his nearest opponent.
- He was never appointed to cabinet, though he did serve as Deputy Chair of Committees for a time. The Progressive Conservatives were defeated by the New Democratic Party in the 1999 provincial election.
- Sveinson was upset in La Verendrye, losing to NDP candidate Ron Lemieux by 166 votes.
- Sveinson did not seek a return to office in 2003.Following his defeat, Sveinson joined the real estate firm Century 21.
- He also joined the federal Progressive Conservative riding association executive in the riding of Provencher.
- In 2003, he led the executive in a unanimous vote against a political merger with the Canadian Alliance, and declared his support for Joe Clark's (ultimately unsuccessful) attempts to prevent the merger.
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