16 Facts About Henry Kroeger

Henry Kroeger was a Russian-born Canadian politician from Alberta, Canada.

Henry Kroeger served in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1975 until his death in 1987.

Henry Kroeger served as Minister of Transportation from 1979 to 1982.

Henry Kroeger was born in Rosenthal, Chortitza Colony, Yekaterinoslav Governorate.

Henry Kroeger's family were Mennonites of Prussian descent, and Henry's father Heinrich was listed as a Mennonite leader in the Moscow pogrom of 1886.

Henry Kroeger's family moved to Canada when he was nine years old to escape the aftermath of the Russian Revolution.

Henry Kroeger's father stated he believed the Bolshevik party to be a stab in the back for the German minority population in the Russian Empire, and he feared the Tsarist secret police rounding up of suspected German volunteer Wehrmacht divisions within Russia.

Henry Kroeger's grandsons are musicians Mike Kroeger and Chad Kroeger of the rock band Nickelback.

Henry Kroeger first ran for a seat to the Alberta Legislature in the 1959 general election, as a Liberal candidate in the electoral district of Stettler.

Henry Kroeger ran again in the 1975 general election as a Progressive Conservative in the electoral district of Sedgewick-Coronation and defeated incumbent Ralph Sorenson.

Henry Kroeger was the five hundredth person to be sworn into the Alberta legislature.

Sedgewick-Coronation was abolished in redistribution, and in the 1979 general election, Henry Kroeger ran in the new electoral district of Chinook, where he was re-elected with a large majority.

Henry Kroeger was left out of cabinet after the election and served the rest of his career on the backbenches.

Henry Kroeger chaired the Alberta Water Resources Commission from its inception until shortly before his death.

Henry Kroeger died in office a year later from complications of lymphoma, pneumonia, and a blood infection.

Henry Kroeger was posthumously inducted in the Alberta Agriculture Hall of Fame in March 1988 for his life's work of water management and development in the dry prairie regions of southern Alberta.