The Honourable John Oldring | |
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MLA for Red Deer-South | |
In office 1986–1993 | |
Succeeded by | Victor Doerksen |
Personal details | |
Born | September 1,1952 |
Political party | Progressive Conservative |
John Oldring ECA (born September 2,1952) [1] is a former municipal provincial level politician from Alberta,Canada. He served as a member of the Red Deer City Council from 1974 to 1986 before becoming a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1986 to 1993.
Oldring served for 12 years as a city councillor for the Red Deer City Council. He was first elected in 1974 and retired in 1986 to run for a seat in the Alberta Legislature. [2] He ran as a Progressive Conservative candidate for the provincial general election held that year in the new electoral district of Red Deer South. Oldring won the district easily defeating two other candidates. [3] He stood for a second term in office in the 1989 Alberta general election. He won his second term increasing his plurality. [4] Oldring was appointed to the cabinet by Premier Don Getty after the election in 1989. He served as Minister of Family and Social Services and decided to run as a candidate in the 1992 Progressive Conservative Leadership Convention,eventually losing to Ralph Klein. [5] After the leadership election Oldring was not reappointed to the cabinet and retired from provincial politics at dissolution of the Assembly in 1993.
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