Al Mosher

{{Short description|Canadian politician}}

{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}{{Infobox officeholder

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| name = Al Mosher

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| birth_date = 1948

| birth_place =

| residence = Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia

| office = MLA for Lunenburg Centre

| term_start = 1988

| term_end = 1993

| predecessor = Maxine Cochran

| successor = riding dissolved

| party = Progressive Conservative

| occupation = Broadcaster

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Allan Marshall Mosher is a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Lunenburg Centre in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1988 to 1993. He was a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia.{{cite web|url=https://nslegislature.ca/sites/default/files/constituencies/pdfs/lunenburg.pdf|title=Electoral History for Lunenburg|publisher=Nova Scotia Legislative Library|accessdate=2018-05-05}}

A broadcaster by career,{{cite web|url=http://www.southshorenow.ca/en/19990623/News/63438/Liberal-government-falls-with-budget-defeat.htm |title=Liberal government falls with budget defeat |work=South Shore Now |date=June 23, 1999 |accessdate=2014-11-02 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141001015034/http://southshorenow.ca/en/19990623/News/63438/Liberal-government-falls-with-budget-defeat.htm |archivedate=October 1, 2014 }} Mosher entered provincial politics in the 1988 election, winning the Lunenburg Centre riding.{{cite web|url=http://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201988.pdf |title=Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1988 |publisher=Elections Nova Scotia |year=1988 |accessdate=2014-11-02 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140512225642/http://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201988.pdf |archivedate=2014-05-12 }}{{cite news|title=Buchanan's 'new PCs' same old faces|work=The Globe and Mail|date=September 8, 1988}} In the 1993 election, Mosher ran in the new riding of Lunenburg, but was defeated by Liberal Lila O'Connor.{{cite web|url=http://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201993.pdf |title=Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1993 |publisher=Elections Nova Scotia |year=1993 |accessdate=2014-11-02 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006070337/http://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201993.pdf |archivedate=2014-10-06 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.herald.ns.ca/cgi-bin/home/displaypackstory?1993/05/26+106.raw+PE93Elect |title=Female representation increases, but not by much |work=The Chronicle Herald |date=May 26, 1993 |accessdate=2014-11-02 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20001007113627/http://www.herald.ns.ca/cgi-bin/home/displaypackstory?1993%2F05%2F26+106.raw+PE93Elect |archivedate=October 7, 2000 |url-status=dead }}