Ian Strachan | |
Birth Date: | 1940 11, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Aberdeen, Scotland |
Death Place: | Chateauguay, Quebec, Canada |
Office1: | MHA for Eagle River |
Term Start1: | 1975 |
Term End1: | 1979 |
Successor1: | Eugene Hiscock |
Party: | Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador |
Children: | 4 |
Occupation: | food technologist |
Ian Strachan (1 November 1940 – 3 March 2024) was a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Eagle River in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly from 1975 to 1979. He was a member of the Liberal Party.[1] He was born at Aberdeen, Scotland.[2]
Strachan previously worked as a Community Development Worker for Memorial University of Newfoundland Extension Services in Nain.[3] He subsequently served as independent facilitator chair of the Combined Councils of Labrador.[4]
Strachan married Merrill Gay Louise Corbin in 1975. He has a daughter, Ella Edith Wallace, who serves as deputy mayor of Happy Valley-Goose Bay. As well as 3 other daughters Iona, Kate and Isla. He died on March 3, 2024, at the age of 83.[5] [6]