Rick Strankman | |
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| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Drumheller-Stettler | |
| In office April 23, 2012 – April 16, 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Jack Hayden |
| Succeeded by | Nate Horner |
| Personal details | |
| Born | June 20, 1953 Oyen, Alberta, Canada |
| Political party | Independent |
| Other political affiliations | United Conservative Party (2017-2019) Wildrose Party (2012-2017) |
| Spouse | Dianne Strankman |
| Residence(s) | Altario, Alberta |
| Website | rickstrankman.ca |
Richard Strankman (born June 20, 1953) is a Canadian politician who was an elected member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, representing the electoral district of Drumheller-Stettler, from 2012 to 2019.[1]
Strankman serves on both the Standing Committee on Private Bills and the legislative policy committee on Alberta’s Economic Future. Strankman had served in several critic roles, including Tourism, Parks and Recreation, as well as Agriculture.[2]
He resigned from the United Conservative caucus on January 15, 2019,[3] and ran in the 2019 Alberta general election as an independent. Although he was not re-elected, he was one of only two candidates in the general election not representing the two largest parties (the UCP and the Alberta New Democratic Party) to finish in second place (the other such runner-up was incumbent Alberta Party MLA Greg Clark).
- ^ Alberta Election 2012: Riding-by-riding results Archived 2012-04-24 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Legislative Assembly of Alberta Rick Strankman biography". Retrieved 2013-06-11.
- ^ "MLA Rick Strankman quits UCP to sit as independent over ‘hyper partisan self-centered politics’". Global News, January 15, 2019.