Baldwin Larus Baldwinson (October 26, 1856 – 1936) was a politician in Manitoba

Manitoba

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, Canada

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. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba

Legislative Assembly of Manitoba

The Legislative Assembly of Manitoba and the lieutenant governor form the Legislature of Manitoba, the legislature of the Canadian province of Manitoba. Fifty-seven members are elected to this assembly in provincial general elections, all in single-member constituencies with first-past-the-post...

 from 1899 to 1907 and from 1910 to 1913, as a member of the Conservative Party

Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba

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Baldwinson was born in Akureyri

Akureyri

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, Iceland

Iceland

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, and attended public school in that country. He came to Canada in 1873, and worked in the newspaper industry. He was editor of the Icelandic Weekly Heimskringla, and served as president, secretary and manager of the Heimskringla News and Publishing Co., Ltd. He was a member of the Lutheran church.

He first ran for the Manitoba legislature in the 1892 provincial election

Manitoba general election, 1892

This was the eighth Manitoba general election and was held on July 23, 1892....

, and lost to Liberal

Manitoba Liberal Party

The Manitoba Liberal Party is a political party in Manitoba, Canada. Its roots can be traced to the late nineteenth-century, following the province's creation in 1870.-Origins and early development :...

 Frederick Colcleugh by seventy-eight votes in the St. Andrews constituency. He ran again in the 1896 election

Manitoba general election, 1896

This was the ninth Manitoba general election and was held on January 15, 1896....

, and lost to Liberal Sigtryggur Jonasson

Sigtryggur Jonasson

Sigtryggur Jonasson was a community leader and politician in Manitoba, Canada. He played a major part in establishing the Icelandic community in Manitoba...

 by seventy-nine votes.

He was elected to the legislature on his third attempt, defeating Jonasson by eight votes in the 1899 election

Manitoba general election, 1899

This was the tenth Manitoba general election and was held on December 7, 1899....

, for the deferred Gimli constituency. The Conservatives won the election, and Baldwinson served in the legislature as a backbench supporter of the administrations led by Hugh John Macdonald

Hugh John Macdonald

Sir Hugh John Macdonald, PC was the only surviving son of the first Prime Minister of Canada, Sir John A. Macdonald, and was a politician in his own right, serving as a member of the Canadian House of Commons and a federal cabinet minister, and briefly as the eighth Premier of Manitoba.-Early...

 and Rodmond Palen Roblin

Rodmond Palen Roblin

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. He was re-elected by acclamation in the 1903 election

Manitoba general election, 1903

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Baldwinson lost to Jonasson by 156 votes in the 1907 election

Manitoba general election, 1907

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. Jonasson did not seek re-election in the 1910 campaign

Manitoba general election, 1910

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, and Baldwin returned to the legislature after defeating a new Liberal candidate by 450 votes. He resigned his seat in 1913, on being appointed as deputy Provincial Secretary

Provincial Secretary (Manitoba)

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