Lorne Nystrom

The Honourable
Lorne Nystrom
PC
Member of Parliament
for Regina—Qu'Appelle
In office
June 2, 1997 – June 27, 2004
Preceded bySimon De Jong
Succeeded byAndrew Scheer
Member of Parliament
for Yorkton—Melville
In office
June 25, 1968 – October 24, 1993
Preceded byDistrict created
Succeeded byGarry Breitkreuz
Personal details
Born
Lorne Edmund Nystrom

(1946-04-26) April 26, 1946 (age 78)
Wynyard, Saskatchewan, Canada
Political partyNew Democratic

Lorne Edmund Nystrom PC (born April 26, 1946) is a Canadian politician and was a member of the House of Commons of Canada from 1968 to 1993 and again from 1997 to 2004.[1] He is a member of the New Democratic Party.

Parliamentary career

Born in Wynyard, Saskatchewan, he was first elected for Yorkton—Melville in 1968. At the age of 22 years and three months, he was the youngest MP in Canadian history, a record he held until Claude-André Lachance was elected at the age of 20 in 1974. He was reelected without serious difficulty until losing to Reform challenger Garry Breitkreuz in 1993.

In 1992, he was appointed to the Queen's Privy Council for Canada.

He returned to Parliament in 1997 in the riding of Qu'Appelle, succeeding fellow New Democrat Simon De Jong. Nystrom faced a strong challenge for re-election in the riding, renamed Regina—Qu'Appelle in 2000, after the Progressive Conservatives unexpectedly failed to nominate a candidate. However, Nystrom managed to eke out a narrow victory over Canadian Alliance challenger Don Leier.

In 2004, Nystrom lost to the Conservative candidate, future House Speaker and Leader of the Official Opposition Andrew Scheer. Scheer won by a margin of 861 votes. The NDP renominated Nystrom to challenge Scheer at the next federal election in 2005; in the 2006 election, he lost again, this time by a larger margin of 2,712 votes.

Nystrom ran for the leadership of the federal NDP three times, placing third in each. In 1975, he finished behind winner Ed Broadbent and runner-up Rosemary Brown. Twenty years later, in 1995, Nystrom ran again but placed behind Svend Robinson and winner Alexa McDonough. His final attempt to win the party's leadership was in the 2003 election that ultimately selected Jack Layton; Nystrom finished in third behind Layton and Bill Blaikie.

Career outside of Parliament

Nystrom edited a book on practical progressive economics, Just Making Change: The 100 Percent, Honest to Goodness Truth About our User Unfriendly Financial System and How to Escape It, published in hardcover in 1999[2] and paperback in 2000.[3]

As of 2012, Nystrom is a board member of the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA).[4] Nystrom has also been involved with Brightenview Development International Inc. as the VP of Government Relations and CEO of Brightenvantage International Business Consulting Inc., a subsidiary of Brightenview.

Electoral record

2004 Canadian federal election: Regina—Qu'Appelle
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Conservative Andrew Scheer 10,012 35.8 -5.0 $68,776
New Democratic Lorne Nystrom 9,151 32.7 -8.6 $46,290
Liberal Allyce Herle 7,793 27.8 +9.9 $54,913
Green Deanna Robilliard 639 2.3 –  
Christian Heritage Mary Sylvia Nelson 293 1.0 – $4,213
Independent Lorne Edward Widger 106 0.4 – $728
Total valid votes 27,994 100.0   –
Total rejected ballots 89 0.3 -0.2
Turnout 28,083 56.2 -4.9
Conservative gain from New Democratic Swing +1.80

Note: Conservative vote is compared to the Canadian Alliance vote in 2000 election.

2000 Canadian federal election: Regina—Qu'Appelle
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
New Democratic Lorne Nystrom 11,731 41.3 -1.1 $57,492
Alliance Don Leier 11,567 40.7 +13.8 $34,106
Liberal Melvin Isnana 5,106 18.0 -5.8 $41,445
Total valid votes 28,404 100.0   –
Total rejected ballots 141 0.5 -0.1
Turnout 28,545 61.1 -1.7
New Democratic hold Swing -7.45

Note: Canadian Alliance vote is compared to the Reform vote in 1997 election.

1997 Canadian federal election: Qu'Appelle
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
New Democratic Lorne Nystrom 12,269 42.4 +7.9 $59,376
Reform Les Winter 7,784 26.9 +4.4 $55,562
Liberal Don Ross 6,868 23.7 -7.4 $37,643
Progressive Conservative Roy Gaebel 1,633 5.6 -4.4 $13,911
Canadian Action Greg Chatterson 382 1.3 –  
Total valid votes 28,936 100.0   –
Total rejected ballots 143 0.6 +0.1
Turnout 29,079 62.8
1993 Canadian federal election: Yorkton—Melville
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform Garry Breitkreuz 10,605 32.7 -1.9
Liberal Jim Walters 9,531 29.4 +15.8
New Democratic Lorne Nystrom* 9,487 29.2 -21.9
Progressive Conservative Bob Reitenbach 2,825 8.7 -25.9
Total valid votes 32,448 100.0
Reform gain from New Democratic Swing -8.85

* Denotes incumbent.

1988 Canadian federal election: Yorkton—Melville
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Lorne Nystrom* 18,523 51.1 -0.2
Progressive Conservative Virginia Battiste 12,543 34.6 +1.2
Liberal J. Robert Autumn 5,149 14.2 +0.1
Total valid votes 36,215 100.0
1984 Canadian federal election: Yorkton—Melville
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Lorne Nystrom* 18,116 51.3 +5.6
Progressive Conservative Ken Wasylysen 11,800 33.4 -3.9
Liberal Arliss Dellow 4,996 14.1 -2.8
Confederation of Regions Bill Kruczko 400 1.1 –
Total valid votes 35,312 100.0
1980 Canadian federal election: Yorkton—Melville
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Lorne Nystrom* 15,240 45.7 -1.8
Progressive Conservative Ben Hudye 12,450 37.3 +4.9
Liberal Gordon Hollinger 5,664 17.0 +1.3
Total valid votes 33,354 100.0
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1979 Canadian federal election: Yorkton—Melville
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Lorne Nystrom 16,677 47.5 +1.9
Progressive Conservative John Miller 11,381 32.4 +10.7
Liberal Phil Kotyk 5,501 15.7 -15.4
Independent Ben Hudye 1,566 4.5 –
Total valid votes 35,125 100.0
1974 Canadian federal election: Yorkton—Melville
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Lorne Nystrom 14,586 45.6 -2.1
Liberal Stan Kyba 9,946 31.1 +2.5
Progressive Conservative Marvin Wentzell 6,963 21.8 -0.7
Social Credit Harry Hoedel 338 1.1 -0.2
Communist George Shlakoff 179 0.6 –
Total valid votes 32,012 100.0
1972 Canadian federal election: Yorkton—Melville
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Lorne Nystrom 15,998 47.7 +8.8
Liberal Stephanie Potoski 9,574 28.5 -1.1
Progressive Conservative Don Armour 7,542 22.5 -9.0
Social Credit Harry Hoedel 425 1.3 –
Total valid votes 33,539 100.0
1968 Canadian federal election: Yorkton—Melville
Party Candidate Votes %
New Democratic Lorne Nystrom 13,212 38.9
Progressive Conservative James N. Ormiston 10,699 31.5
Liberal Peter J. Konkin 10,068 29.6
Total valid votes 33,979 100.0

References

  1. ^ Lorne Nystrom – Parliament of Canada biography
  2. ^ Nystrom, Lorne, ed. (1999). Just making change : the 100 percent, honest to goodness truth about our user unfriendly financial system and how to escape it. Kemptville, ON: Golden Dog Press. ISBN 9780919614871.
  3. ^ Nystrom, Lorne, ed. (2000). Just making change : the 100 percent, honest to goodness truth about our user unfriendly financial system and how to escape it ([2nd] ed.). Ottawa: True North Press. ISBN 0968662404.
  4. ^ "Hon. Lorne Nystrom". Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs. Archived from the original on 4 June 2012.