Selmer Berg | |
Birth Date: | 7 August 1886 |
Death Place: | Marwayne, Alberta, Canada |
Birth Place: | Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States |
Office: | Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta |
Constituency: | Alexandra |
Term Start: | 1935 |
Term End: | 1948 |
Predecessor: | Peter Enzenauer |
Successor: | Anders Aalborg |
Party: | Social Credit |
Selmer Allan Berg (August 7, 1886 - September 17, 1966) was a Canadian provincial politician from Alberta. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1935 to 1948, sitting with the Social Credit caucus in government. He was the son of Norwegian immigrants.[1] [2]
Selmer Allan Berg was born August 7, 1886, at Minneapolis, Minnesota to Knut E. Berg and Serine Solhaug, both of Norwegian descent.[3] Berg was educated in Willmar, Minnesota and moved to Canada in 1915. He married the daughter of Robert Imrie on December 24, 1917, and together had seven children.[3] He was the owner of the general stores of Marwayne and New Norway, Alberta.[3]
Berg was first elected as a Social Credit member in the 1935 Alberta general election to Alexandra electoral district, defeating incumbent United Farmers of Alberta candidate Peter J. Enzenauer.[4] Berg was subsequently re-elected in the 1940[5] and 1944 Alberta general elections.[6]