John McColl
Politician
Who is John McColl?
John Arthur McColl was a politician from Alberta, Canada. He was born at Maxville, Glengarry County, Ontario.
McColl was elected to the Alberta legislature for the first time in the 1913 Alberta general election. He would defeat Conservative candidate W.D. Bentley by a comfortable margin to win the new Acadia district.
McColl would stand for re-election in the 1917 Alberta general election, he would retain his seat in a 3 way race that would see voter turn out in Acadia be 4 times higher than the previous election. In that election he defeated future MLA Lorne Proudfoot who ended up finishing a distant 3rd place.
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