Lorne Nystrom

Lorne Edmund NystromPC(born April 26, 1946) is aCanadianpolitician and was amemberof theHouse of Commons of Canadafrom 1968 to 1993 and again from 1997 to 2004.He is a member of theNew Democratic Party.

The Honourable Lorne Nystrom PC
Member of Parliament forRegina—Qu'Appelle
In office June 2, 1997 – June 27, 2004
Preceded by	Simon De Jong
Succeeded by	Andrew Scheer
Member of Parliament forYorkton—Melville
In office June 25, 1968 – October 24, 1993
Preceded by	District created
Succeeded by	Garry Breitkreuz
Personal details
Born	Lorne Edmund Nystrom (1946-04-26)April 26, 1946 Wynyard,Saskatchewan,Canada
Political party	New Democratic

Parliamentary career

Born inWynyard, Saskatchewan,he was first elected forYorkton—Melvillein1968.At the age of 22 years and three months, he was the youngest MP in Canadian history, a record he held untilClaude-André Lachancewas elected at the age of 20 in1974.He was reelected without serious difficulty until losing toReformchallengerGarry Breitkreuzin1993.

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

He returned to Parliament in1997in the riding ofQu'Appelle,succeeding fellow New DemocratSimon De Jong.Nystrom faced a strong challenge for re-election in the riding, renamed Regina—Qu'Appelle in2000,after theProgressive Conservativesunexpectedly failed to nominate a candidate. However, Nystrom managed to eke out a narrow victory overCanadian Alliancechallenger Don Leier.

In2004,Nystrom lost to theConservativecandidate, futureHouse SpeakerandLeader of the Official OppositionAndrew Scheer.Scheer won by a margin of 861 votes. The NDP renominated Nystrom to challenge Scheer at the next federal election in 2005; in the2006 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. In1975,he finished behind winnerEd Broadbentand runner-upRosemary Brown.Twenty years later, in1995,Nystrom ran again but placed behindSvend Robinsonand winnerAlexa McDonough.His final attempt to win the party's leadership was in the2003election that ultimately selectedJack Layton;Nystrom finished in third behind Layton andBill Blaikie.

Career outside of Parliament

Nystrom edited a book on practicalprogressive 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 1999and paperback in 2000.

As of 2012, Nystrom is a board member of theCentre for Israel and Jewish Affairs(CIJA).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
	ConservativegainfromNew 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 Democratichold		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
	ReformgainfromNew 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

External links

• Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan entry