John Arthur McColl (February 21, 1875 – April 19, 1933) was a Canadian politician and Member of the Legislative Assembly from

Alberta Alberta ( ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is part of Western Canada and is one of the three prairie provinces. Alberta is bordered by British Columbia to the west, Saskatchewan to the east, the Northwest Ter ...

. He was born at Maxville,

Glengarry County, Ontario Glengarry County, an area covering , is a former county in the province of Ontario, Canada. It is historically known for its settlement of Scottish Highlanders. Glengarry County now consists of the modern-day townships of North Glengarry and South ...

to Neil McColl and Annie McDougall. He was educated at Maxville Public School and married to Ethel Alguire on February 6, 1901. He had six children and worked as a farmer near

Youngstown, Alberta Youngstown is a village in southern Alberta, Canada within Special Area No. 3. The village refers to itself as a ''Sportsman's Paradise'' due to plenty of wild game and trout fishing in the area. Demographics In the 2021 Census of Population ...

. McColl, running as a Liberal, was elected to the Alberta legislature for the first time in the

1913 Alberta general election The 1913 Alberta general election was held in March 1913. The writ was dropped on 25 March 1913 and election day was held 17 April 1913 to elect 56 members to the 3rd Alberta Legislature. Elections in two northern districts took place on 30 July ...

. He defeated Conservative candidate W.D. Bentley by a comfortable margin to win the new Acadia district. McColl ran for re-election in the

1917 Alberta general election The 1917 Alberta general election was held on 7 June 1917 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. The Liberals won a fourth term in office, defeating the Conservative Party of Edward Michener. Because of World War I, eleven Mem ...

, he retained his seat in a 3-way race that saw the voter turn out in Acadia 4 times higher than the previous election. In that election he defeated future MLA

Lorne Proudfoot Lorne Proudfoot (October 8, 1880 – January 10, 1977) was a farmer, teacher and a provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1921 to 1935 sitting with the United Farmers caucus ...

, running as an independent candidate, who came in a distant 3rd place. McColl did not run in the 1921 provincial election, and Proudfoot was elected to represent the constituency.

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Alberta Liberal Party MLAs 1875 births 1933 deaths {{Alberta-politician-stub