Career
He served as a member in the Alberta Legislature from 1997 to 2008. Ivan Strang ran for a seat for the first time in the 1997 Alberta general election. He defeated two other candidates in that election.
He ran for his third and final term in office in the 2004 Alberta general election.
His popular vote dropped significantly but the opposition vote was divided among four other candidates. He would retire from politics at the dissolution of the legislature in 2008.