Gordon Stromberg

Gordon Stromberg
MLA for Camrose
In office 1971–1982
Preceded by	Chester Sayers
Succeeded by	Ken Rostad
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Born	December 25, 1927 (1927-12-25) (age 83) New Norway, Alberta[1]
Political party	Progressive Conservative

Gordon Emil Stromberg (born December 25, 1927) was a provincial and municipal level politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta sitting with the governing Progressive Conservative caucus from 1971 to 1986. He served as a municipal councilor for Camrose County from 1986 to 1995.

Political career

Stromberg ran for a seat to the Alberta Legislature for the first time in the 1971 Alberta general election. He won the electoral district of Camrose in a tight race over Social Credit candidate Laurence Rhierson to pickup the district for the Progressive Conservatives who had formed a majority government in that election.^[2]

Stromberg ran for a second term in office in the 1975 Alberta general election. His popular vote increased and he won his first landslide as a result.^[3] Stromberg would increase his margin of victory for the third straight time in the 1979 Alberta general election. He won his district with nearly 8,000 votes defeating three other candidates.^[4]

Stromberg ran for his final term in office in the 1982 Alberta general election. He won a massive landslide winning the highest popular vote of his career.^[5] He left provincial politics to run for a seat on the Camrose County Council. He won his first term in the 1986 election and won re-election in 1989 and 1992 before retiring from municipal politics in 1995.^[6]

References

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2. ^ "Camrose results 1971". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/maps_choice.php?Year=1971&Constit=Camrose. Retrieved October 24, 2009. 
3. ^ "Camrose results 1975". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/maps_choice.php?Year=1975&Constit=Camrose. Retrieved October 24, 2009. 
4. ^ "Camrose results 1979". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/maps_choice.php?Year=1979&Constit=Camrose. Retrieved October 24, 2009. 
5. ^ "Camrose results 1982". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/maps_choice.php?Year=1982&Constit=Camrose. Retrieved October 24, 2009. 
6. ^ "Camrose County". Alberta Association of Municipalities. http://aamdc.com/content/view/415/290/. Retrieved October 25, 2009. 

External links

• Legislative Assembly of Alberta Members Listing

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