Isaac McCune
{{short description|Canadian politician}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| image =I. M. McCune portrait.png
| imagesize =180px |
| name = Isaac Melville McCune
| caption =
| birth_date = August 27, 1884
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1959|10|15|1884|8|27}}
| death_place =Calgary, Alberta, Canada{{cite news |title=OBITUARIES |newspaper=The Calgary Albertan |date=October 15, 1959 |page=26 }}
| birth_place = McCune, Kansas, U.S.{{cite journal|title=Guide Parlementaire Canadien|author1=Normandin, P.G.|author2=Normandin, A.L.|journal=The Canadian Parliamentary Guide = Guide Parlementaire Canadien|date=1938|publisher=P. G. Normandin|issn=0315-6168|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m7sKAQAAIAAJ|access-date=August 26, 2015}}
| residence =
| office = Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta
| constituency = Gleichen
| term_start = August 22, 1935
| term_end = March 21, 1940
| predecessor = John Buckley
| successor = Donald McKinnon
| party = Social Credit
| religion =
| occupation = politician
| spouse =
}}
Isaac Melville McCune (August 27, 1884 – October 15, 1959) was a provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1935 to 1940 sitting with the Social Credit caucus in government.
Political career
McCune ran for a seat to the Alberta Legislature as a Social Credit candidate in the electoral district of Gleichen in the 1935 Alberta general election. He defeated incumbent John Buckley and two other candidates by a wide margin to pick up the seat for his party.{{cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/maps_choice.php?Year=1935&Constit=Gleichen | title=Gleichen Official Results 1935 Alberta general election | publisher=Alberta Heritage Community Foundation | access-date=April 29, 2010}}
McCune ran for a second term in the 1940 Alberta general election. He was handily defeated by independent candidate Donald McKinnon finishing in second place out of three candidates.{{cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/maps_choice.php?Year=1940&Constit=Gleichen | title=Gleichen Official Results 1940 Alberta general election | publisher=Alberta Heritage Community Foundation | access-date=April 29, 2010}}
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070930024650/http://www.assembly.ab.ca/legislaturecentennial/pdf/membersBooklet.pdf Legislative Assembly of Alberta Members Listing]
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Category:Alberta Social Credit Party MLAs
Category:American emigrants to Canada
Category:20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta