William G. Strong

William Gambee Strong was a merchant and political figure in Prince [Edward Island]. He served as a member of the Legislative Council of [Prince Edward Island] for eight years.
He was born in Sackville, New Brunswick, the son of the reverend John B. Strong and Elizabeth Gambee. Strong was educated in Saint [John, New Brunswick] and at a boarding school in Annapolis, Nova Scotia. In 1842, he married Sarah Jane Bonsfield. 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. He served as a member of the province's Executive Council from 1873 until 1881, when he was named sheriff for Prince County.
Strong was also a lay preacher in the Methodist Church.
His grandsons Heath and Ernest served in the Prince Edward Island assembly.