# Ernest Strong

> Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Ernest_Strong
> Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Ernest_Strong.md
> Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Strong
> Source revision: 1267863241
> License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)

{{short description|Canadian politician}}
{{For|the American politician|Ernest A. Strong}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}

'''Ernest Henry Strong''' (September 26, 1886 – August 7, 1961) was a lawyer, judge and political figure on [Prince Edward Island](/source/Prince_Edward_Island). He represented [5th Prince](/source/5th_Prince) in the [Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island](/source/Legislative_Assembly_of_Prince_Edward_Island) from 1944 to 1945 as a [Conservative](/source/Prince_Edward_Island_Conservative_Party).

He was born in [Crapaud, Prince Edward Island](/source/Crapaud%2C_Prince_Edward_Island), the son of C. Edward Strong and Sarah Davis Ellison, and the grandson of [William G. Strong](/source/William_G._Strong). He was educated at [Prince of Wales College](/source/Prince_of_Wales_College). Strong was called to the bar in 1912. He served overseas during [World War I](/source/World_War_I) receiving the military cross in the battle of Amiens in 1917. He retired from the military in 1939 at the rank of lieutenant-colonel. Strong was married twice: first to Loretta McNeill and then, in 1931, to Clara Wilkinson, They had two children Edward Strong and Elizabeth Reagh (née Strong) . He resigned his seat in the assembly in 1945 to run unsuccessfully for a seat in the House of Commons. Strong ran unsuccessfully for re-election to Prince Edward Island assembly in 1947, 1951, 1955 and 1957. He was stipendiary magistrate at [Summerside](/source/Summerside%2C_Prince_Edward_Island) from 1931 to 1958 and also served as deputy judge in juvenile court at Summerside. Strong died in Summerside at the age of 74.

His brother [Heath](/source/Heath_Strong) also served in the province's assembly.

== References ==
{{No footnotes|date=May 2009}}
* {{cite book|title=Minding the House: A Biographical Guide to Prince Edward Island MLAs|last=Weeks|first=Blair|isbn=1-894838-01-7|year=2002|publisher=Acorn Press|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/mindinghousebiog0000week}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Strong, Ernest}}
Category:1886 births
Category:1961 deaths
Category:Politicians from Queens County, Prince Edward Island
Category:Progressive Conservative Party of Prince Edward Island MLAs
Category:Canadian magistrates
Category:20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island

{{PrinceEdwardIsland-politician-stub}}

---
Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Ernest Strong](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Strong) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Strong?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.