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Strand, Roger Ernest

Senate 1977-80 (District 15)

Party when first elected:  Democratic-Farmer-Labor

Counties Served:  Big Stone, Chippewa, Lac Qui Parle, Pope, Stevens, Swift, Yellow Medicine

BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

Date of Birth: 4/5/1948
Birth Place: Morris, Minnesota
Birth County: Stevens
Birth Country: United States
Date of Death:
Gender: Male
Religion: Lutheran
Reported Minority: None Reported
Other Names:
City of Residence (when first elected): Cyrus
Occupation (when first elected): Farmer/Laborer

EDUCATION

Cyrus Public School; Elementary School;
Cyrus Public School; Secondary; Graduate, 1966
University of Minnesota, Morris; B.A.; Political Science, 1970
Mankato State University; Attended Graduate School; Public Administration, Constitutional Law

OTHER GOVERNMENT SERVICE

Judicial Administration: Traverse County, Minnesota (Court Administrator); 08/20/1985 to 04/2009
Judicial Administration: Big Stone County, Minnesota (Court Administrator); 2004 to 04/2009
Municipal Council/Aldermen: Graceville, Minnesota (City Council); 2005 to 2???

FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS

Spouse: Single (while in office); Sharon Klevann Strand (married in 1988, she died in 2000)
Children: One child: Brandy Ross-Strand (daughter)
Family Members Who Have Served in the Minnesota Legislature:

GENERAL NOTES

Special Legislative Concerns: agriculture, education.

Religion provided by the member.

Total Days Served: 1463

SESSIONS SERVED

71st Legislative Session (1979-1980) (second half of Senate term)

  Session Details
Body: Senate
District: 15
Elected: 11/2/1976
Residence: Cyrus
Term of Office: 1/4/1977 to 1/5/1981
Counties Represented: Big Stone, Chippewa, Lac Qui Parle, Pope, Stevens, Swift, Yellow Medicine
Occupation: Farmer
Party: Democratic-Farmer-Labor
Committees:
  • Agriculture and Natural Resources
  • Agriculture and Natural Resources: Agriculture (Chair)
  • Education
  • Education: Education Aids
  • Education: Post-Secondary and Higher Education
  • Education: Special Programs
  • Governmental Operations
  • Governmental Operations: Personnel
  • Joint Agriculture and Natural Resources/Governmental Operations/Local Government/Taxes and Tax Laws/Transportation: Agricultural Land Preservation
  • Joint Agriculture and Natural Resources/Health, Welfare and Corrections: Nutrition
  • Judiciary
  • Judiciary: Law Reform
Ran in next election? Yes. Defeated in general election

70th Legislative Session (1977-1978)

  Session Details
Body: Senate
District: 15
Elected: 11/2/1976
Residence: Cyrus
Term of Office: 1/4/1977 to 1/5/1981
Counties Represented: Big Stone, Chippewa, Lac Qui Parle, Pope, Stevens, Swift, Yellow Medicine
Occupation: Farmer/Laborer
Party: Democratic-Farmer-Labor
Committees:
  • Agriculture and Natural Resources
  • Agriculture and Natural Resources: Agriculture
  • Education
  • Education: Post-Secondary and Higher Education
  • Education: Special Programs
  • Governmental Operations
  • Governmental Operations: Employee Benefits
  • Judiciary
  • Judiciary: Law Reform
Articles & Books About
"Roger Strand New Traverse County Court Administrator." Wheaton Gazette, August 29, 1985.

Minnesota Powerline Construction Oral History Project: Roger E. Strand, Narrator; Edward P. Nelson, Interviewer, Saint Paul, Minnesota: Minnesota Historical Society, 1981.


These files are available in the Legislative Reference Library.

The Minnesota Legislative Reference Library has collected newspaper articles on legislators since 1973. They are available in the Library.