Selmer Berg
{{short description|Canadian politician}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| image =Selmer Berg.png
| imagesize = 180px|
| name = Selmer Berg
| caption =
| birth_date ={{Birth date|1886|8|7}}
| death_date ={{nowrap| {{death date and age|1966|9|17|1886|8|7}} }}
| death_place = Marwayne, Alberta, Canada
| birth_place = Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
| residence =
| 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
| religion =
| occupation =
| spouse =
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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.{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PVxLAAAAMAAJ&q=%22berg,+Selmer+Allan%22|title = Guide Parlementaire Canadien|year = 1946}}{{Cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=gYAb_yFic6IC&dat=19660920&printsec=frontpage&hl=en|title = Edmonton Journal - Google News Archive Search}}
Early life
Selmer Allan Berg was born August 7, 1886, at Minneapolis, Minnesota to Knut E. Berg and Serine Solhaug, both of Norwegian descent.{{cite book |editor1-last=Normandin |editor1-first=G. Pierre |title=The Canadian Parliamentary Guide |date=1948 |publisher=G. Pierre Normandin |location=Ottawa |url=https://archive.org/details/canadianparliame1948unse |accessdate=August 9, 2020 |issn=0315-6168 |oclc=893686591 |page=[https://archive.org/details/canadianparliame1948unse/page/404 404]|isbn=9781414401416 }} 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. He was the owner of the general stores of Marwayne and New Norway, Alberta.
Political career
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.{{cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/maps_choice.php?Year=1935&Constit=Alexandra| title=Alexandra Official Results 1935 Alberta general election | publisher=Alberta Heritage Community Foundation | access-date=May 21, 2020}} Berg was subsequently re-elected in the 1940{{cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/maps_choice.php?Year=1940&Constit=Alexandra| title=Alexandra Official Results 1940 Alberta general election | publisher=Alberta Heritage Community Foundation | access-date=May 21, 2020}} and 1944 Alberta general elections.{{cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/maps_choice.php?Year=1944&Constit=Alexandra| title=Alexandra Official Results 1944 Alberta general election | publisher=Alberta Heritage Community Foundation | access-date=May 21, 2020}}