Asmundur Loptson

Ásmundur "Minty" Loptson (February 14, 1885 ) was a merchant, farmer, highway contractor and political figure in Saskatchewan. He represented Saltcoats from 1929 to 1934 and from 1948 to 1960 and Pheasant Hills from 1934 to 1948 in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan as a Liberal. His surname also appears misspelled as Lopston in some sources.

Born in Iceland, the son of Sveinbjörn Loptson and Steinunn Ásmundsdóttir, In 1891, the family moved to Saskatchewan. Loptson trained as a harness-maker and then moved to Selkirk, Manitoba, where he apprenticed as a jeweler. after Walter Tucker returned to federal politics. Loptson retired from the assembly in 1960, moving to Yorkton. He died in Winnipeg in 1972. He is buried in the Yorkton City Cemetery.