Gordon Emil Stromberg (December 25, 1927 – September 7, 2008) was a provincial and municipal level politician from

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, Canada. He served as a member of the

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sitting with the governing Progressive Conservative caucus from 1971 to 1986. He served as a municipal councilor for

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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 The 1971 Alberta general election was the seventeenth general election held in the Province of Alberta, Canada on August 30, 1971, to elect seventy-five members of the Alberta Legislature to form the 17th Alberta Legislative Assembly. The Progre ...

. 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 The 1975 Alberta general election was held on March 26, 1975, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta to the 18th Alberta Legislature. The election was called on February 14, 1975 prorogued and dissolved of the 17th Alberta Legis ...

. 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 The 1979 Alberta general election was held on March 14, 1979, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, which had been expanded to 79 seats. The Progressive Conservative Party of Peter Lougheed won its third consecutive term in g ...

. 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 The 1982 Alberta general election was held on November 2, 1982, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. Less than four years had passed since the Progressive Conservatives won their landslide victory in 1979. Premier Peter Lou ...

. 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.

References

External links

Legislative Assembly of Alberta Members Listing
{{DEFAULTSORT:Stromberg, Gordon Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta MLAs 1927 births 2008 deaths