Background
He was born in Sackville, New Brunswick, the son of the reverend John B. Strong and Elizabeth Gambee.
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William Gambee Strong
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Strong was educated in Saint John, New Brunswick and at a boarding school in Annapolis, Nova Scotia. Strong worked as a clerk for a merchant in Saint John before moving to Bedeque, Prince Edward Island in 1851, where he was a merchant and shipbuilder. In 1877, he settled in Summerside.
Strong was also a lay preacher in the Methodist Church.
Membership
He served as a member of the Legislative Council of Prince Edward Island for eight years. He served as a member of the province"s Executive Council from 1873 until 1881, when he was named sheriff for Prince County.
