John McColl (politician)
John Arthur McColl was a politician from Alberta, Canada. He was born at Maxville, Glengarry County, Ontario.
McColl, running as a Liberal, was elected to the Alberta legislature for the first time in the 1913 Alberta general election. 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, 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, 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.
