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Isaac McCune

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Preceded by
  
John Buckley

Constituency
  
Gleichen

Occupation
  
politician

Succeeded by
  
Donald McKinnon

Political party
  
Social Credit

Name
  
Isaac McCune

Isaac McCune
Died
  
October 15, 1959(1959-10-15) (aged 75) Calgary, Alberta

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.

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.

References

Isaac McCune Wikipedia