John Younie | |
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Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta | |
In office 1986–1989 | |
Preceded by | Rollie Cook |
Succeeded by | Laurence Decore |
Constituency | Edmonton-Glengarry |
Personal details | |
Born | Olds,Alberta | March 30,1950
Political party | Alberta New Democrats |
John Younie (born March 3,1950) is a former provincial level politician from Alberta,Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for a single term from 1986 to 1989 and sat as a member of the New Democrats caucus when they held official opposition status. [1]
Younie ran for a seat in the Alberta Legislature in the 1979 Alberta general election in the electoral district of Rocky Mountain House. He finished a distant third place out of four candidates behind future Social Credit leader Lavern Ahlstrom and John Murray Campbell who won the district. [2]
He would make another attempt to win a seat by running in the 1986 Alberta general election. He won a hotly contested race in the electoral district of Edmonton-Glengarry by a safe margin defeating four other candidates. [3]
Younie ran for a second term in the 1989 Alberta general election but was defeated in a landslide by Laurence Decore who had become leader of the Liberals the previous year. [4]
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