Ivan Strang

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Ivan Strang
MLA for West Yellowhead
In office
1997–2008
Preceded by Duco Van Binsbergen
Succeeded by Robin Campbell
Personal details
Born (1940-06-01) June 1, 1940 (age 81)
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Political party Progressive Conservative

Ivan Strang (born June 1, 1940) is a former Progressive Conservative Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for West Yellowhead. He served as a member in the Alberta Legislature from 1997 to 2008.

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Political career

Ivan Strang ran for a seat for the first time in the 1997 Alberta general election. He won by a comfortable margin over Liberal incumbent Duco Van Binsbergen to pick up the electoral district of West Yellowhead for the Progressive Conservatives for the first time since they lost it in 1989. [1]

Strang won his second term in office with a larger plurality in the 2001 Alberta general election. He defeated two other candidates in that election. [2]

He ran for his third and final term in office in the 2004 Alberta general election. His popular vote dropped significantly but the opposition vote was divided among four other candidates. [3] He would retire from politics at the dissolution of the legislature in 2008.

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References

  1. "West Yellowhead results 1997". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved October 4, 2009.
  2. "West Yellowhead results 2001". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved October 4, 2009.
  3. "West Yellowhead official results" (PDF). Elections Alberta. 2004. Retrieved October 7, 2009.