John Younie (born March 3, 1950) is a former provincial level politician from

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, Canada. He served as a member of the

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for a single term from 1986 to 1989 and sat as a member of the

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caucus when they held official opposition status.

Political career

Younie ran for a seat in the Alberta Legislature in the

1979 Alberta general election The 1979 Alberta general election was held on March 14, 1979, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, which had been expanded to 79 seats. The Progressive Conservative Party of Peter Lougheed won its third consecutive term in g ...

in the electoral district of

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. He finished a distant third place out of four candidates behind future Social Credit leader

Lavern Ahlstrom Lavern Ahlstrom is a retired provincial level politician and former leader of the Alberta Social Credit Party. Political career Ahlstrom first became involved with Social Credit in the 1970s. He has been a perennial candidate for the party with s ...

and John Murray Campbell who won the district. He would make another attempt to win a seat by running in the

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. He won a hotly contested race in the electoral district of Edmonton-Glengarry by a safe margin defeating four other candidates. Younie ran for a second term in the

1989 Alberta general election The 1989 Alberta general election was held on March 20, 1989, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. Many political observers were surprised by the early election call as less than three years had passed since the previous ele ...

but was defeated in a landslide by

Laurence Decore Laurence George Decore (born Lavrentiy Dikur; June 28, 1940 – November 6, 1999) was Canadian lawyer and politician from Alberta. He was of Ukrainian descent. He was mayor of Edmonton, a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, and ...

who had become leader of the Liberals the previous year.

References

External links

Legislative Assembly of Alberta Members Listing
{{DEFAULTSORT:Younie, John Living people Alberta New Democratic Party MLAs 1950 births