Harry Strom

Harry Strom (Known as "Harry Edwin Strom")

Premier of Alberta, Irrigation Farmer, Environmental Department Founder

Born 7 July 1914

Burdett, Canada

Passed Away 2 October 1984 Edmonton, Canada

Lifespan 70 years old

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"Water and soil are the twin foundations of life on the prairies; protect the land and the land will nourish the people."

Archival Overview

Southern Alberta irrigation pioneer and Social Credit statesman who served as Alberta's tenth premier, establishing Canada's first provincial Department of the Environment.

Biographical Record

Harry Edwin Strom was a successful irrigation farmer, cattle rancher, and community leader from Burdett in southern Alberta. Serving as Minister of Agriculture and Minister of Municipal Affairs under Ernest Manning, Strom was chosen to succeed Manning as Premier of Alberta in December 1968.

Strom's administration was notably forward-looking: in 1971, he created the Alberta Department of the Environment, the very first dedicated provincial environment ministry in Canada. Defeated by Peter Lougheed in 1971, Strom retired with universal respect for his integrity and rural stewardship.

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Highwood Cemetery
High River, Canada

                         GPS: 50.5833, -113.8667                    

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