Colin Strang (politician)
Colin F. Strang (born 1850, died ???) was a politician in Alberta, Canada and an alderman on Edmonton Town Council.
Biography
Strang was born in 1850 in Toronto and was educated in Hamilton. He worked as a travelling salesman for W. McGivern & Co., hardware dealers, until 1871 when he moved to Winnipeg. He spent the next twelve years there working as a bookkeeper, eventually opening his own accounting office. In 1883 he moved to Edmonton, where he opened another accounting office and became the leading city accountant. He also worked as the manager of Lafferty & Moore's private bank in 1890 and as the business manager of Moore and MacDowell, lumber and sawmill owners, in 1893. He was part owner of Ross Bros., a hardware firm.
In 1892 he ran for alderman on Edmonton's first town council. He finished first of fourteen candidates (the top six were elected). He was re-elected in 1893, 1894, and 1895, but was defeated (finishing last of eight candidates) in 1896.
In 1898 he ran for the public school board and was elected. He served as the board's secretary-treasurer, and was re-elected in 1899. During the same election, he returned to town council as an alderman. Aldermanic terms had been lengthened to two years, but his seat was declared vacant October 9, 1900. He did not seek public office again in his lifetime.
Colin Strang also served as secretary of both the board of trade and the Edmonton Rifle Association.