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{{Short description|Canadian politician (1939–2015)}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=September 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name                = Lyle Kristiansen
| image               = Lyle Kristiansen.jpg
| caption             = 
| honorific-suffix    = 
| parliament1         = Canadian
| term_start1         = November 21, 1988
| term_end1           = September 8, 1993
| predecessor1        = [[Robert Brisco]]
| successor1          = [[Jim Gouk]]
| riding1             = [[Kootenay West—Revelstoke]]
| parliament2         = Canadian
| term_start2         = February 18, 1980
| term_end2           = July 9, 1984
| predecessor2        = [[Robert Brisco]]
| successor2          = [[Robert Brisco]]
| riding2             = [[Kootenay West]]
| party               = [[New Democratic Party]]
| birth_date          = {{birth date|1939|05|09}}
| birth_place         = [[Vancouver, British Columbia]], Canada
| death_date          = {{death date and age|2015|06|18|1939|05|09}}
| residence           = 
| occupation          = 
| spouse              = 
| children            = 
}}

'''Lyle Stuart Kristiansen''' (May 9, 1939 – June 18, 2015) was a Canadian [[New Democratic Party (Canada)|New Democratic Party]] member of the [[House of Commons of Canada|House of Commons]]. He was an executive secretary, financial secretary and woodworker by career.<ref name="POC">{{cite web |title=Lyle Stuart Kristiansen, M.P. |url=https://lop.parl.ca/sites/ParlInfo/default/en_CA/People/Profile?personId=7882 |website=Parliament of Canada |access-date=30 September 2023}}</ref>

His first two attempts at a House of Commons seat from British Columbia were unsuccessful. He first campaigned federally in the [[1965 Canadian federal election|1965 federal election]] at [[Vancouver Centre]] electoral district. He would not run again until the [[1979 Canadian federal election|1979 federal election]] at [[Kootenay West]].

Kirstiansen was successful in his third federal attempt in [[1980 Canadian federal election|1980 election]] at Kootenay West. He lost this seat in the [[1984 Canadian federal election|1984 general election]], but returned to Ottawa after the [[1988 Canadian federal election|1988 federal election]] at the [[Kootenay West—Revelstoke|Kootenay West--Revelstoke]] riding. Kristiansen did not contest another federal election and left federal politics in 1993. He served in the [[32nd Canadian Parliament|32nd]] and [[34th Canadian Parliament]]s.{{citation needed|date=May 2022}}

In his later years, Lyle became the BCFORUM Representative on the [http://www.sclc.ca Sunshine Coast Labour Council], where he was considered both an asset, and a friend by all who served on the council with him.{{citation needed|date=May 2022}}

Kristiansen died on June 18, 2015, at the age of 76.<ref name="POC"/>

==Electoral record==
{{1988 Canadian federal election/Kootenay West—Revelstoke}}

{{CANelec/top|CA|1984|Kootenay West|percent=yes|change=yes}}
{{CANelec|CA|PC|[[Robert Brisco]]|15,804|47.43|+7.27}}
{{CANelec|CA|NDP| '''Lyle Kristiansen''' |15,060|45.19|+2.15}}
{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Jean Turnbull|2,460|7.38|-9.40}}
{{CANelec/total|Total valid votes|33,324|100.0 &nbsp;}}
{{CANelec/gain|CA|PC|NDP|+2.56}}
{{end}}

{{CANelec/top|CA|1980|Kootenay West|percent=yes|change=yes}}
{{CANelec|CA|NDP| '''Lyle Kristiansen''' |12,232|43.04|+3.21}}
{{CANelec|CA|PC|[[Robert Brisco|Bob Brisco]]|11,417|40.16|-7.08}}
{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Peter M. Kendall|4,769|16.78|+4.26}}
{{CANelec/total|Total valid votes|28,418|100.0 &nbsp;}}
{{CANelec/gain|CA|NDP|PC|+5.14}}
{{end}}

{{CANelec/top|CA|1979|Kootenay West|percent=yes|change=yes}}
{{CANelec|CA|PC|[[Robert Brisco]]|13,645|47.24|+5.67}}
{{CANelec|CA|NDP| '''Lyle S. Kristiansen''' |11,503|39.83|+1.47}}
{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Peter M. Kendall|3,616|12.52|-7.56}}
{{CANelec|CA|Libertarian|Valerie Phare-Smith|119|0.41|&ndash;}}
{{CANelec/total|Total valid votes|28,883|100.0 &nbsp;}}
{{CANelec/hold|CA|PC|+2.10}}
{{end}}

{{1965 Canadian federal election/Vancouver Centre}}

==References==
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[[Category:1939 births]]
[[Category:2015 deaths]]
[[Category:Canadian people of Danish descent]]
[[Category:Members of the House of Commons of Canada from British Columbia]]
[[Category:New Democratic Party MPs]]
[[Category:Politicians from Vancouver]]
[[Category:20th-century members of the House of Commons of Canada]]

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