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♂ Harry Edwin Strom
aliasHarry Edwin Strom
Record
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Swedish-Canadian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Alberta 5 0 5
Birth 7 July 1914 → 109 years + 9 months ago
Lived 70 years + 2 months
First mandate 29 June 1955 → 68 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 40 years + 11 months
Death 2 October 1984 → 39 years + 7 months ago
Exit → Death 9 years + 6 months after 25 March 1975
Special notes
None
 
Harry Edwin Strom (1914–1984)
© Photo — Fair trade
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Elections or appointments outside the scope of PoliCan

Pre-Conf. ✗
Canadian Senate ✗
Legis. Council ✗
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Deputy Minister ✗
Auto. Region ✗
Mayor/Reeve ✗
Mun./Co. Council County of Forty Mile No. 8, Alberta (1943–1955)
School Board ✓
Blank/Vide ✗

Length of service in elected office within the scope of PoliCan

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Alberta 19 8 21 Z

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. AB 16–17
SC
 1 Party leader 54–58 12 Dec 1968 — 22 Nov 1972 3 11 10
2. AB 16
SC
 1 Premier 54–57 12 Dec 1968 — 09 Oct 1971 2 9 27
3. AB 17
SC
 1 Opposition Leader 57–58 30 Aug 1971 — 22 Nov 1972 1 2 23

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 6  
Documented challenger
None
 
 
Eligible: 5,632 Votes: 4,040 Participation: 71.73% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
13		 Alberta
29 June 1955
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 28063(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
40
SC
 1/2 2,668 68.89% +1,463 Loser:
LIB
 1,205 31.11% John Flaig

Service: 3 years 11 months 19 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 5,711 Votes: 4,045 Participation: 70.83% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
14		 Alberta
18 June 1959
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 28116(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
44
SC
 1/2 3,199 79.38% +2,368 Loser:
PC
 831 20.62% Wayne N. Anderson

Service: 3 years 11 months 29 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 5,912 Votes: 3,899 Participation: 65.95% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
15		 Alberta
17 June 1963
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 28192(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
48
SC
 1/2 3,030 77.87% +2,169 Loser:
LIB
 861 22.13% Alvin H. Reiman

Service: 3 years 11 months 5 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 5,558 Votes: 3,362 Participation: 60.49% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
16		 Alberta
23 May 1967
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 13128(F) — 7 Mar 2022 21:19 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
52
SC
 1/2 2,577 77.02% +1,808 Loser:
NDP
 769 22.98% William G. McFall

Service: 4 years 3 months 6 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 5,860 Votes: 4,617 Participation: 78.79% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
17		 Alberta
30 August 1971
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 13053(F) — 17 Oct 2021 20:31 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
57
SC
 1/3 2,777 60.26% +1,142 Loser:
PC
 1,635 35.48% Dave Berntson

Service: 3 years 6 months 25 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 5,741 Votes: 3,881 Participation: 67.60% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
18		 Alberta
26 March 1975
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 12978(F) — 27 Dec 2022 08:33 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
60		 Successor:
PC
 2,065 53.32% Alan W. Hyland

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Harry E. Strom		 17 Mar 2024
EN Wikipedia
Harry Strom		 17 Mar 2024
FR Wikipédia
Harry Strom		 17 Mar 2024

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