Lorne Nystrom
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The Honourable Lorne Nystrom PC |
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| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Yorkton—Melville |
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In office 1968–1993 |
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| Preceded by | District created in 1966 |
| Succeeded by | Garry Breitkreuz |
| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Regina—Qu'Appelle |
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In office 1997–2004 |
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| Preceded by | Simon De Jong |
| Succeeded by | Andrew Scheer |
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Lorne Edmund Nystrom April 26, 1946 Wynyard, Saskatchewan |
| Political party | New Democratic Party |
Lorne Edmund Nystrom, PC (born April 26, 1946) a Canadian politician, was a member of the Canadian House of Commons from 1968 to 1993 when he lost his reelection bid. He returned to parliament in 1997 and served until 2004. He is a member of the New Democratic Party. At the time of his first victory he was the youngest Canadian ever elected to Parliament.
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 years, 96 days in 1974. He was reelected without serious difficulty until losing to Reform challenger Garry Breitkreuz in 1993 in a contest that saw him pushed into third place.
He returned in 1997 in Qu'Appelle, succeeding fellow NDPer Simon de Jong. He was reelected from this riding, renamed Regina-Qu'Appelle, in 2000.
He ran for the leadership of the federal NDP three times. He placed third at the 1975 leadership convention, losing to Ed Broadbent.
In 1992, he was appointed to the Queen's Privy Council for Canada.
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