Alexander Duncan McEachern (born September 27, 1939) is a former provincial level politician from

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. He served as a member of the

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from 1986 to 1993.

Political career

McEachern ran for political office for the first time in the

1975 Alberta general election The 1975 Alberta general election was held on March 26, 1975, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta to the 18th Alberta Legislature. The election was called on February 14, 1975 prorogued and dissolved of the 17th Alberta Leg ...

. He ran in the electoral district of

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as a candidate for the

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but was badly defeated by incumbent cabinet minister

Lou Hyndman Louis Davies Hyndman, (July 1, 1935 – November 24, 2013) was a Canadian lawyer and politician from Alberta. He served as a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for 19 years and was a member of Premier Peter Lougheed and Don Getty's ...

. He made a second attempt to run for office in the 1979 general election in the

Edmonton-Kingsway Edmonton-Kingsway was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada, mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting from 1971 to 1993. History The Edmonton-Kingsway ...

electoral district. This time he finished second to incumbent Progressive Conservative MLA

Kenneth Paproski Kenneth Robert Howard Paproski (January 17, 1931 – January 25, 2007) is a former provincial level politician and medical doctor from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1971 to 1982. Early life P ...

. He attempted a third run for office in the

1982 Alberta general election The 1982 Alberta general election was held on November 2, 1982, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. History Less than four years had passed since the Progressive Conservatives won their landslide victory in 1979. Premie ...

with another second-place finish slightly improving his vote total to Progressive Conservative candidate Carl Paproski. McEachern won his fourth attempt for public office, defeating three other candidates in the

1986 Alberta general election The 1986 Alberta general election was held on May 8, 1986, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. Peter Lougheed, who had created the modern Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta, Alberta Progressive Conservatives, ...

. He was re-elected for a second and final term in the

1989 Alberta general election The 1989 Alberta general election was held on March 20, 1989, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. Many political observers were surprised by the early election call as less than three years had passed since the previous el ...

. His majority was reduced. but he still defeated the other two candidates with a comfortable margin. Edmonton-Kingsway was abolished due to redistribution in 1993. McEachern ran in the new electoral district of

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for the

1993 Alberta general election The 1993 Alberta general election was held on June 15, 1993, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. The Conservative government was re-elected, taking 51 seats out of 83 (61 percent of the seats) but only having support of 45 pe ...

. He was defeated by Liberal candidate Lance White. McEachern is still active with the Alberta New Democrats. serving as the President of the

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electoral district.

References

External links

Legislative Assembly of Alberta Members Listing
{{DEFAULTSORT:McEachern, Alex Alberta New Democratic Party MLAs Living people 1939 births 20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta