John Kushner

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John Kushner (born: June 22, 1923 died: March 2, 1984) was a politician from Alberta, Canada.

John Kushner was born in Poland in 1923.

John ran as a member of the Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta in Calgary McCall in the 1971 Alberta general election, he was defeated by George Ho Lem from Social Credit.

John ran again, this time in Calgary Mountain View in the 1975 Alberta general election defeating long time Social Credit member Albert Ludwig.

John served 1 term in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta before jumping to federal politics. John ran in and became the member for the recreated district of Calgary East for the federal Progressive Conservative Party of Canada again defeating Albert Ludwig who ran for the Liberal Party of Canada.

He would be re-elected one year later in the 1980 Federal Election defeating Albert Ludwig one more time. John passed away late into his second term in parliament on March 2, 1984.

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Preceded by
Albert Ludwig
MLA Calgary Mountain View
1975–1979
Succeeded by
Stan Kushner
Preceded by
Douglas Harkness
Member of Parliament Calgary East
1979-1984
Succeeded by
Alex Kindy