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About Gunnar Thorvaldson
- Gunnar Solmunder (Solly) Thorvaldson, (March 18, 1901 – August 2, 1969) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada.
- He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1941 to 1949, and in the Senate of Canada from 1958 until his death.
- Originally elected as a Conservative, he sat as a Progressive Conservative after the party changed its name in 1943.Thorvaldson was born in Riverton, Manitoba to a notable Icelandic Canadian family.
- His father, Sveinn Thorvaldson, was also a Conservative member of the Assembly from 1914 to 1915.His nephew Scott Thorkelson served in the Canadian House of Commons.
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