Isaac Melville McCune was a provincial politician from Alberta

Alberta

Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces...

, Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta

Legislative Assembly of Alberta

The Legislative Assembly of Alberta is one of two components of the Legislature of Alberta, the other being the Queen, represented by the Lieutenant-Governor of Alberta. The Alberta legislature meets in the Alberta Legislature Building in the provincial capital, Edmonton...

 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

Alberta general election, 1935

The Alberta general election of 1935 was the eighth general election for the Province of Alberta, Canada. It was held on August 22, 1935 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta....

. He defeated incumbent John Buckley and two other candidates by a wide margin to pickup the seat for his party.

McCune ran for a second term in the 1940 Alberta general election

Alberta general election, 1940

The Alberta general election of 1940 was the ninth general election for the Province of Alberta, Canada, was held on March 21, 1940 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta....

. He was handily defeated by independent candidate Donald McKinnon finishing in second place out of three candidates.

External links

• Legislative Assembly of Alberta Members Listing