Alex McEachern
{{short description|Canadian politician}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
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| name = Alex McEachern
| caption =McEachern in May 2015
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1939|9|27}}
| birth_place = Hinton Trail, Alberta
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| office = MLA for Edmonton-Kingsway
| term_start = 1986
| term_end = 1993
| predecessor = Carl Paproski
| successor = District Abolished
| party = Alberta New Democratic Party
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Alexander Duncan McEachern (born September 27, 1939) is a former provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1986 to 1993.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-QfwAAAAMAAJ&q=%22MCeachern,+alexander+duncan%22+1939|title = Guide Parlementaire Canadien|year = 1993|isbn = 9780921925316}}
Political career
McEachern ran for political office for the first time in the 1975 Alberta general election. He ran in the electoral district of Edmonton-Glenora as a candidate for the New Democrats but was badly defeated by incumbent cabinet minister Lou Hyndman.{{cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/maps_choice.php?Year=1975&Constit=Edmonton-Glenora| title=Edmonton-Glenora results 1975| publisher=Alberta Heritage Community Foundation | accessdate=November 12, 2009}}
He made a second attempt to run for office in the 1979 general election in the Edmonton-Kingsway electoral district.{{cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/maps_choice.php?Year=1979&Constit=Edmonton-Kingsway| title=Edmonton-Kingsway results 1979| publisher=Alberta Heritage Community Foundation | accessdate=November 12, 2009}} This time he finished second to incumbent Progressive Conservative MLA Kenneth Paproski. He attempted a third run for office in the 1982 Alberta general election with another second-place finish slightly improving his vote total to Progressive Conservative candidate Carl Paproski.{{cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/maps_choice.php?Year=1982&Constit=Edmonton-Kingsway| title=Edmonton-Kingsway results 1982| publisher=Alberta Heritage Community Foundation | accessdate=November 12, 2009}}
McEachern won his fourth attempt for public office, defeating three other candidates in the 1986 Alberta general election.{{cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/maps_choice.php?Year=1986&Constit=Edmonton-Kingsway| title=Edmonton-Kingsway results 1986| publisher=Alberta Heritage Community Foundation | accessdate=November 12, 2009}} He was re-elected for a second and final term in the 1989 Alberta general election. His majority was reduced. but he still defeated the other two candidates with a comfortable margin.{{cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/maps_choice.php?Year=1989&Constit=Edmonton-Kingsway| title=Edmonton-Kingsway results 1989| publisher=Alberta Heritage Community Foundation | accessdate=November 12, 2009}} Edmonton-Kingsway was abolished due to redistribution in 1993. McEachern ran in the new electoral district of Edmonton-Mayfield for the 1993 Alberta general election. He was defeated by Liberal candidate Lance White.{{cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/maps_choice.php?Year=1993&Constit=Edmonton-Mayfield| title=Edmonton-Mayfield results 1993| publisher=Alberta Heritage Community Foundation | accessdate=November 12, 2009}}
McEachern is still active with the Alberta New Democrats. serving as the President of the Lesser Slave Lake electoral district.{{citation needed|date=November 2022}}
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20101026192825/http://www.assembly.ab.ca/legislaturecentennial/pdf/membersBooklet.pdf Legislative Assembly of Alberta Members Listing]
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Category:Alberta New Democratic Party MLAs
Category:20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta