Background
McLaughlin, Edward Ralph was born on June 16, 1928 in Deadwood, South Dakota, United States. Son of James Arthur and Verna Luella Burnett McLaughlin.
McLaughlin, Edward Ralph was born on June 16, 1928 in Deadwood, South Dakota, United States. Son of James Arthur and Verna Luella Burnett McLaughlin.
High school teacher & coach, Bowman, North Dakota, 1950—1951. Junior high principal Lewistown, Montana, 1954—1955. Director student teaching Black Hills University, 1956.
Elementary coordinator Lead Public School, South Dakota, 1957—1962, superintendent, 1962—1967. Director Western Education Planning Center, Rapid City, South Dakota, 1967—1973. Instructor South Dakota State University Ellsworth Air Force Base, 1967—1980.
President Rapid City Common Council, 1989—1991. Mayor Rapid City, South Dakota, 1991—1997. Member District 34 South Dakota House of Representatives, since 2003.
Member of Kiwanis (lieutenant governor 1985).
Married Doris Marie Strom, 1980. Children: Gary Lee, Myrle Lynn.