Christian Aalvik

Born in or around the year 1876, Aalvik was of Danish descent and worked as a fuel dealer in Stevenson, Washington.^[1][2]

Aalvik ran for state representative in 1936 in the 16th legislative district, which included portions of Benton, Franklin, Klickitat, and Skamania counties.^[3][4] A Democrat, Aalvik was initially reported to have lost the general election to the Republican nominee but edged out a victory once absentee ballots were counted, winning by only 324 votes.^[5][6][7] During his term in office, Aalvik introduced a bill that he claimed would cut the lawful limit of game fish from 30 to 20 a day; however, the limit was already 20 at the time of the bill's introduction.^[8][9] He also introduced a bill that would have legalized some fish traps in Washington.^[10] Aalvik filed to run for reelection in 1938 but only received 4% of the vote in the primary.^[11][12]

Aalvik was a long-time member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and Fraternal Order of Eagles.^[13] He died on May 16, 1953.^[1]