Elman Kreisler Guttormson (March 24, 1929
The son of John Guttormson and Sigridur Johnson, Guttormson was educated at Lundar and United College. He worked for the Winnipeg Free Press newspaper as a reporter, covering fields as diverse as crime and horse racing. He won a national newspaper award in 1962, while serving as a member of the legislature. In 1952, he married Hildur Thorsteinson.
He was first elected to the legislature in a by-election on December 30, 1956 in the mid-northern constituency of St. George,