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Before entering provincial politics, McFarland was involved in municipal government. He was first elected as a councillor for the County of Vulcan in 1977. Between 1977 and 1992, McFarland served his community in a series of positions, including reeve, school trustee, chair of the Board of
Education,
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During his five previous terms in office, McFarland sat on numerous committees and chaired the
Standing Policy Committee on Agriculture and Municipal Affairs; Alberta Agricultural Research Institute; Standing Policy Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development; Premier's Council in Support of
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Palliser Regional Schools Wall of Fame in 2007. His involvement with community groups has included the Carmangay Curling Club, Vulcan Atletika Track Club and local chapters of the Lions Club and the
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Families; Prisoner Voting Committee; and Industrial Assessment Review Committee. During his fifth term, McFarland was Associate Minister of Infrastructure and Transportation.
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McFarland was also involved with a number of municipal and agricultural committees, including the
Municipal Planning Commission and the Carmangay Seed Cleaning Plant Association.
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candidate. It was the closest that the
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resigned to run for a federal seat. He won the by-election in a tight race, winning by only 262 votes over the
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The report of the Chief
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McFarland was first elected in a 1992 by-election, when incumbent
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and trustee and chair for the Little Bow
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333:Progressive Conservative
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1686:1948 births
1631:Tom Thurber
1621:Ron Stevens
1616:Ed Stelmach
1576:Mark Norris
1526:Ernie Isley
1521:Doug Horner
1496:Dick Fowler
1471:Brian Evans
1446:Jim Dinning
1404:Ralph Klein
1393:Ralph Klein
1216:Affiliation
874:Independent
792:Affiliation
688:Affiliation
584:Affiliation
85:Ian Donovan
73:Ray Speaker
68:Preceded by
1680:Categories
1646:Steve West
1601:Ken Rostad
1596:Rob Renner
1581:Lyle Oberg
1571:Pat Nelson
1476:Iris Evans
1331:References
1299:Marie Read
1200:Little Bow
1198:results (
1064:Hugh Logie
1043:Grant Shaw
1039:Separation
1022:Brian Cook
934:Candidate
924:Little Bow
776:Little Bow
774:results (
736:Alida Hess
672:Little Bow
670:results (
568:Little Bow
566:results (
446:Dean Oseen
314:Candidate
298:Little Bow
197:Early life
187:Little Bow
156:Occupation
145:Alma mater
106:1948-04-22
50:Little Bow
1221:Candidate
1160:Source(s)
878:Jon Koch
797:Candidate
693:Candidate
589:Candidate
542:Source(s)
203:Carmangay
116:Carmangay
58:In office
1546:Gary Mar
1411:Jack Ady
1178:March 7,
1163:Source:
1052:–
1031:–
1010:–
1001:Jay Phin
968:-10.56%
455:–
434:–
421:Alliance
413:–
404:Al Strom
179:Canadian
1541:Ty Lund
1386:Cabinet
1310:
1259:Liberal
1237:
1153:-4.20%
1132:-10.85%
1112:–
1107:–
1092:–
1087:–
989:-2.15%
976:Liberal
870:
851:
836:Liberal
814:
747:
732:Liberal
710:
643:
628:Liberal
606:
535:-31.53
514:–
494:–
489:–
474:–
469:–
356:Liberal
348:-44.34
223:Liberal
120:Alberta
1248:5,144
1127:45.81%
1122:19,835
1078:Total
1073:0.63%
986:21.71%
965:54.24%
931:Party
921::
846:23.9%
828:64.8%
825:6,881
742:21.5%
724:69.5%
721:6,726
638:28.9%
620:67.2%
617:6,709
509:61.18%
460:Total
369:18.72
311:Party
159:farmer
136:Spouse
1295:Green
1284:2,057
1266:1,078
1226:Votes
1169:(PDF)
1149:Swing
1082:9,032
1070:3.63%
1049:4.79%
1028:6.13%
1007:9.49%
983:1,961
962:4,899
937:Votes
884:8.3%
865:3.0%
843:2,534
802:Votes
761:9.0%
739:2.075
698:Votes
657:3.8%
635:2,866
594:Votes
531:Swing
504:9,158
464:5,585
392:2.09
389:10.76
366:30.51
363:1,704
345:35.20
342:1,966
317:Votes
189:as a
1321:322
1287:23%
1269:12%
1251:58%
1180:2020
1144:hold
881:885
862:319
758:868
654:382
526:hold
452:7.06
431:7.14
410:9.33
139:Mary
100:Born
48:for
1388:of
1324:4%
1314:NDP
1305:3%
1302:266
1067:328
1046:433
1025:554
1004:857
855:NDP
751:NDP
647:NDP
449:394
428:399
407:521
386:601
174:ECA
46:MLA
33:ECA
1682::
1171:.
1102:55
944:±%
484:18
324:±%
259:.
193:.
118:,
108:)
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1371:t
1364:v
1347:.
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1202:)
1182:.
940:%
912:e
905:t
898:v
807:%
778:)
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674:)
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275:v
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