Lyle Benson

Lyle Benson (born 19 May 1972) is a Brunanter politician and trade union representative. A member of the left-wing marxist party P70-Links, he was chairman of this party from 2010-2015.

Biography
Benson was born in Koningstad. He initially worked as a bus driver for Koningstad Transport and became a trade union representative in the mid-2000s.

He joined P70-Links in 2006. One year later, he unsuccessfully ran for a seat in the Koningstad city government. After previously been chosen as chairman of the Cape Cross Parish party department, Benson was elected chairman of P70-Links nationwide in 2010 following the disappointed results for the party in the 2009 general election.

Benson became a member of the House of Representatives after the 2013 general election, serving until 2017, when he was not re-elected. In 2015, he lost the party's chairmanship to Edward Heyneman.

He remains very active in trade unions as a representative.