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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1940|6|1}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Winnipeg]], [[Manitoba]]<br />
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| office = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly|MLA]] for [[West Yellowhead]]<br />
| term_start = 1997<br />
| term_end = 2008<br />
| predecessor = [[Duco Van Binsbergen]]<br />
| successor = [[Robin Campbell (politician)|Robin Campbell]]<br />
| party = [[Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta|Progressive Conservative]] <br />
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'''Ivan Strang''' (born June 1, 1940) is a former [[Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta|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.<br />
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==Political career==<br />
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.<ref name="elec1">{{cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/maps_choice.php?Year=1997&Constit=West_Yellowhead|title=West Yellowhead results 1997| publisher=Alberta Heritage Community Foundation | accessdate=October 4, 2009}}</ref><br />
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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.<ref name="elec2">{{cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/maps_choice.php?Year=2001&Constit=West_Yellowhead|title=West Yellowhead results 2001| publisher=Alberta Heritage Community Foundation | accessdate=October 4, 2009}}</ref><br />
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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.<ref name="elec2b">{{cite web|title=West Yellowhead official results|year=2004|url=http://www.elections.ab.ca/Public%20Website/files/Statements/81.pdf|publisher=Elections Alberta|accessdate=October 7, 2009}}</ref> He would retire from politics at the dissolution of the legislature in 2008.<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070930024650/http://www.assembly.ab.ca/legislaturecentennial/pdf/membersBooklet.pdf Legislative Assembly of Alberta Members Listing]<br />
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