Charles Alfred Strange (November 12, 1909 – May 4, 1992) was a politician in

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, Canada. He was a

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member of the

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from 1943 to 1945 who represented the riding of

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Background

He was born in

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, the son of George Frederick Strange and Louisa Bird, and came to Canada in 1930. In 1934, Strange married Olive M. Pizzey. He was a trade union committee secretary. Strange moved to Simcoe, where he worked in personnel at the

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, in 1947. He was a member of the

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. Strange died in Simcoe at the age of 82.

Politics

He ran as the

candidate in the 1943 provincial election. He defeated Liberal incumbent Louis Hagey by 1,049 votes. He served as a member of the official opposition behind CCF leader

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. In the 1945 election he was defeated by Progressive Conservative candidate Stanley Dye by 2,516 votes.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Strange, Charles 1909 births 1992 deaths Ontario Co-operative Commonwealth Federation MPPs 20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario