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♂ Selmer Allan Berg
aliasSelmer Berg
Record
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Norwegian-Canadian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Alberta 3 0 3
Birth 7 August 1886 → 137 years + 8 months ago
Lived 80 years + 1 month
First mandate 22 August 1935 → 88 years + 8 months ago
↳ at age 49 years
Death 17 September 1966 → 57 years + 7 months ago
Exit → Death 18 years + 1 month after 16 August 1948
Special notes
None
 
Selmer Allan Berg (1886–1966)
© Photo 1935 Provincial Archives of Alberta — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Alberta 12 11 23 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 4  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Peter J. Enzenauer  m 
 
 
Eligible: 5,800 Votes: 4,544 Participation: 78.34% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
8		 Alberta
22 August 1935
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 27779(F) — 6 Mar 2022 10:16 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
49
SC
 1/5 2,479 56.82% +1,555 Loser:
UFA
 924 21.18% Peter J. Enzenauer

Service: 4 years 6 months 27 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 6,774 Votes: 4,951 Participation: 73.09% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
9		 Alberta
21 March 1940
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 27839(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
53
SC
 1/3 2,215 46.70% +942 Loser:
CCF
 1,273 26.84% C. Cairns

Service: 4 years 4 months 17 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 5,994 Votes: 3,949 Participation: 65.88% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
10		 Alberta
8 August 1944
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 27896(F) — 6 Mar 2022 16:30 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
58
SC
 1/3 2,212 57.20% +708 Loser:
CCF
 1,504 38.89% Gordon I. Clark

Service: 4 years 8 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 7,205 Votes: 4,156 Participation: 57.68% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
11		 Alberta
17 August 1948
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 27950(F) — 6 Mar 2022 20:54 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
62		 Successor:
SC
 2,034 52.49% Anders O. Aalborg

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Selmer A. Berg		 03 May 2024
EN Wikipedia
Selmer Berg		 03 May 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
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