Bryce Coleman Stringam | |
Birth Date: | 8 February 1920 |
Birth Place: | Cardston, Alberta[1] |
Death Place: | Calgary, Alberta |
Office: | Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta |
Constituency: | Bow Valley-Empress |
Term Start: | June 29, 1955 |
Term End: | June 18, 1959 |
Predecessor: | Wilson Cain |
Successor: | William Delday |
Party: | Independent |
Occupation: | cattle rancher, author and politician |
Spouse: | Mary Morgan |
Bryce Coleman Stringam (February 8, 1920 – June 2, 2000[2]) was a politician and author from Alberta, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1955 to 1959 as an independent.
Stringam's father, George Stringam, was a member of the Alberta legislature.[3] Stringam graduated from Olds College with a degree in agronomy in 1937 and became a cattle rancher. He married Mary Morgan and fathered seven children.[4]
Stringam first ran for a seat in the Alberta Legislature in the 1955 general election. Running as an independent in the electoral district of Bow Valley-Empress, he defeated incumbent Wilson Cain.[5]
Stringam ran for a second term in office in the 1959 general election and was defeated by Social Credit candidate William Delday in a two-way race.[6]
After his defeat, Stringam published a book titled The History of the Eastern Irrigation District: 25th Anniversary in 1960.[7]