# Len Isleifson

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{{short description|Canadian politician}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
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| office           = Member of the [Legislative Assembly of Manitoba](/source/Legislative_Assembly_of_Manitoba) for [Brandon East](/source/Brandon_East)
| term_start       = April 19, 2016
| term_end         = October 3, 2023
| predecessor      = [Drew Caldwell](/source/Drew_Caldwell)
| successor        = [Glen Simard](/source/Glen_Simard)
| party            = [Progressive Conservative](/source/Progressive_Conservative_Party_of_Manitoba)
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'''Len Isleifson''' is a [Canadian](/source/Canadians) provincial politician, who was elected as the Member of the [Legislative Assembly of Manitoba](/source/Legislative_Assembly_of_Manitoba) for the riding of [Brandon East](/source/Brandon_East) in the [2016 election](/source/2016_Manitoba_general_election), defeating incumbent [NDP](/source/New_Democratic_Party_of_Manitoba) MLA [Drew Caldwell](/source/Drew_Caldwell) in the election.<ref>{{cite news |date=19 April 2016 |title=Manitoba election results |url=http://globalnews.ca/news/2647832/manitoba-election-results-2016-a-live-riding-by-riding-breakdown-of-the-vote/ |accessdate=20 April 2016 |work=Global News}}</ref> He would be defeated in the [2023 election](/source/2023_Manitoba_general_election) by current NDP Cabinet Minister [Glen Simard](/source/Glen_Simard). He is a member of the [Progressive Conservative Party](/source/Progressive_Conservative_Party_of_Manitoba).

Isleifson made news wires outside of public office during the [2018 FIFA World Cup](/source/2018_FIFA_World_Cup). When [Iceland](/source/Iceland_national_football_team) qualified for the event, he decided to examine whether he was related to any national team members, seeing it as an opportunity to secure bragging rights among his friends. He told his father about his project, and they contacted Icelandic Roots, a company that specializes in Icelandic genealogy research, and discovered that they were related to 22 of the 23 players on the [World Cup squad](/source/2018_FIFA_World_Cup_squads), as well as [manager](/source/Manager_(association_football)) [Heimir Hallgrímsson](/source/Heimir_Hallgr%C3%ADmsson). Following the discovery, Isleifson attempted to set up a post-World Cup meeting with the team in Iceland, with the assistance of Iceland's consul general in Winnipeg.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/article/canadian-related-to-22-of-23-players-on-iceland-soccer-team/ |title=Canadian related to 22 of 23 players on Iceland soccer team |first=Nick |last=Kimse |publisher=[CTV News](/source/CTV_News_Channel_(Canada)) |date=June 22, 2018 |access-date=June 23, 2018}}</ref>

== Electoral history ==
{{2023 Manitoba general election/Brandon East}}
{{2019 Manitoba general election/Brandon East}}
{{2016 Manitoba general election/Brandon East}}

== References ==
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Category:Politicians from Brandon, Manitoba
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