John McLaughlin

Career

McLaughlin ran for a seat to the Alberta Legislature in the electoral district of Stony Plain in the 1955 Alberta general election. McLaughlin stood for a second term in the 1959 Alberta general election. 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.

Achievements

• 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. He would again face Wood who would win her seat back after McLaughlin lost a significant share of his 1955 vote.

Membership

He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1955 to 1959 sitting with the opposition Liberal caucus.