He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1946 to 1949, serving as a special representative of Manitobans in the Canadian Navy.
[1] His father was the Reverend Isaac O. Stringer, a prominent member of the Anglican Church of Canada.
Stringer was elected as the Navy representative, running as an independent supporter of Manitoba's coalition government (which included Liberal-Progressives, Progressive Conservatives and Social Credit members).
He ran for re-election in the 1949 provincial election as a Progressive Conservative, and finished last in a field of seven candidates in the four-member constituency of Winnipeg South.
Stringer continued his legal practice until November 1, 1959, when he was appointed as Senior Judge of Juvenile and Family Court.