Gordon Stromberg
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Gordon Emil Stromberg 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.
. He won the electoral district of Camrose in a tight race over Social Credit candidate Laurence Rhierson to pick up the district for the Progressive Conservatives who had formed a majority government in that election.
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. 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.
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. 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.
Alberta
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, Canada
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. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Legislative Assembly of Alberta
The Legislative Assembly of Alberta is one of two components of the Legislature of Alberta, the other being the Queen, represented by the Lieutenant-Governor of Alberta. The Alberta legislature meets in the Alberta Legislature Building in the provincial capital, Edmonton...
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 electionAlberta general election, 1971
The Alberta general election of 1971 was the seventeenth general election for the Province of Alberta, Canada. It was held on August 30, 1971 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta....
. He won the electoral district of Camrose in a tight race over Social Credit candidate Laurence Rhierson to pick up the district for the Progressive Conservatives who had formed a majority government in that election.
Stromberg ran for a second term in office in the 1975 Alberta general election
Alberta general election, 1975
The Alberta general election of 1975 was the eighteenth general election for the Province of Alberta, Canada. It was held on March 25, 1975 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta....
. His popular vote increased and he won his first landslide as a result. Stromberg would increase his margin of victory for the third straight time in the 1979 Alberta general election
Alberta general election, 1979
The Alberta general election of 1979 was the nineteenth general election for the Province of Alberta, Canada. It was held on March 14, 1979 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta....
. He won his district with nearly 8,000 votes defeating three other candidates.
Stromberg ran for his final term in office in the 1982 Alberta general election
Alberta general election, 1982
The Alberta general election of 1982 was the twentieth general election for the Province of Alberta, Canada. It was held on November 2, 1982 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta....
. He won a massive landslide winning the highest popular vote of his career. 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.