Oluf Holck

Background

He was born in Bergen and moved to Bærum in 1884.

Career

He worked for seventeen years at Høvik Glassverk before starting his own tinsmith company where he worked until his death. He was elected to Bærum municipal council in 1898, and served as a councilman until 1925, except for the period 1904 to 1907 when he worked in Ålesund. He represented the Liberal Party until 1903, when Eastern Bærum Labour Party was established.

In 1912 he lost in the first round with 2,274 votes against 2,912.

A second round of voting was therefore held. Here, he lost with 3,037 to 3,460 votes.

He carried the tiny sub-constituency Son as well as Nesodden, and was very close to carrying Bærum, with 1,683 against 1,688 votes. In 1921 Holck joined the Social Democratic Labour Party.

Politics

Upon retiring from local politics in 1925, he was a member of the financial council, regulatory commission, the electoral committee, the cinema board and the board of Strand Restaurant in addition to councilman. In the first and only general election contested by this party, in 1924, Holck was the ninth candidate on the Akershus ballot headed by Harald Halvorsen.

Connections

opponent:

Christian Fredrik Michelet