John McLaughlin (Alberta politician)

For other people with similar names, see John McLaughlin (disambiguation).

John Harold McLaughlin (March 26, 1905 – December 8, 1991) was a provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1955 to 1959 sitting with the opposition Liberal caucus.

John Harold McLaughlin
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta
In office June 29, 1955 – June 18, 1959
Preceded by	Cornelia Wood
Succeeded by	Cornelia Wood
Constituency	Stony Plain
Personal details
Born	(1905-03-26)March 26, 1905 Edmonton, Alberta[1]
Died	December 8, 1991(1991-12-08) (aged 86)
Political party	Liberal

Political career

McLaughlin ran for a seat to the Alberta Legislature in the electoral district of Stony Plain in the 1955 Alberta general election. He won the district defeating incumbent Cornelia Wood on a surge of support that would see the Liberal vote improve by almost 30% from the previous election.^[2]

McLaughlin stood for a second term in the 1959 Alberta general election. He would again face Wood who would win her seat back after McLaughlin lost a significant share of his 1955 vote.^[3] The two would face each other for the third time in the 1963 Alberta general election. Wood kept her seat as they both lost 4% of their popular vote coming in first and second respectively in the five-way race.^[4]