Les Osland

Les Osland (April 4, 1921 – March 2, 1993) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a New Democratic member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1973 to 1977, representing the northern riding of Churchill.^[1]

Osland's father refused to serve in World War I, and his family was somewhat unpopular in their small prairie town during the 1920s.^{[citation needed]}

He was elected in the provincial election of 1973,^[1] defeating Progressive Conservative candidate by just under 700 votes. He served as a government backbencher for the next four years, and did not seek re-election in 1977.

Osland later served as mayor of Churchill.^[2]

His son, Len Osland, is a folk music singer/songwriter in the Yukon.^[3] In 1997, the younger Osland released a CD entitled Salty Fingers which included the song "Pop", a tribute to his father.

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "MLA Biographies - Deceased". Legislative Assembly of Manitoba. Archived from the original on 2014-03-30.
^ Newman, Roger (April 28, 1979). "Grain key to revival of fading port of Churchill". Globe and Mail. p. 8.
^ Nuttall, Mark (2004). Encyclopedia of the Arctic. p. 1338. ISBN 1579584365. Retrieved 2014-01-17.

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[members-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b "MLA Biographies - Deceased". Legislative Assembly of Manitoba. Archived from the original on 2014-03-30.

[2] Newman, Roger (April 28, 1979). "Grain key to revival of fading port of Churchill". Globe and Mail. p. 8.

[3] Nuttall, Mark (2004). Encyclopedia of the Arctic. p. 1338. ISBN 1579584365. Retrieved 2014-01-17.

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