# Al Adair

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{{short description|Canadian politician}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| image       =
| name        = Al "Boomer" Adair
| caption     = 
| birth_date  = {{birth date|1929|5|13}}
| birth_place = [Edmonton](/source/Edmonton), [Alberta](/source/Alberta), Canada
| death_date  = {{Death date and age|1996|12|24|1929|5|13}}
| death_place = [Peace River, Alberta](/source/Peace_River%2C_Alberta), Canada
| office      = Member of the [Legislative Assembly of Alberta](/source/Legislative_Assembly_of_Alberta) for [Peace River](/source/Peace_River_(provincial_electoral_district))
| term_start  = August 30, 1971
| term_end    = June 15, 1993
| predecessor = [Robert Wiebe](/source/Robert_Wiebe)
| successor   = [Gary Friedel](/source/Gary_Friedel)
| party       = [Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta](/source/Progressive_Conservative_Association_of_Alberta)
| children    = 
| occupation  =  
}}

'''James Allen "Al" "Boomer" Adair''' (May 13, 1929 – December 24, 1996) was a minor league [baseball](/source/baseball) player, radio broadcaster and politician from [Alberta](/source/Alberta), Canada. He served in the [Legislative Assembly of Alberta](/source/Legislative_Assembly_of_Alberta) from 1971 to 1993.

==Early life==
Adair played minor league [baseball](/source/baseball) for the Peace River Stampeders in the North Peace Baseball League in the 1960s.<ref name="64stamp">{{cite web|url=http://www.attheplate.com/wcbl/1964_1g.htm |title=1964 Peace River Stampeders |publisher=Western Canada Baseball |accessdate=2008-05-19 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061108041603/http://www.attheplate.com/wcbl/1964_1g.htm |archivedate=November 8, 2006 }}</ref> After baseball he was a well known radio broadcaster in Peace River until he ran for political office in 1971.<ref name="discover">{{cite web|url=http://www.discoverthepeacecountry.com/htmlpages/peaceriver.html|title=Peace River, Alberta|publisher=Discover The Peace Country.com|accessdate=2008-05-19}}</ref>

==Political career==
Adair first ran for the Alberta legislature in the [1971 general election](/source/1971_Alberta_general_election).  Running as a candidate for the Progressive Conservative Party, he defeated incumbent Social Credit MLA [Robert Wiebe](/source/Robert_Wiebe) in the electoral district of [Peace River](/source/Peace_River_(provincial_electoral_district)).<ref name="elec1">{{cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/database/maps_choice.asp?Year=1971&Constit=Peace_River |title=Peace River election results 1971 |publisher=Alberta Heritage Foundation |accessdate=2008-05-19 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110612185115/http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/database/maps_choice.asp?Year=1971&Constit=Peace_River |archivedate=2011-06-12 }}</ref> He was appointed to the cabinet by Premier [Peter Lougheed](/source/Peter_Lougheed) and served as the minister without portfolio responsible for native affairs. Adair was re-elected in the [1975 general election](/source/1975_Alberta_general_election) over three other candidates.<ref name="elec2">{{cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/database/maps_choice.asp?Year=1975&Constit=Peace_River |title=Peace River election results 1975 |publisher=Alberta Heritage Foundation |accessdate=2008-05-19 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110612185119/http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/database/maps_choice.asp?Year=1975&Constit=Peace_River |archivedate=2011-06-12 }}</ref> After the election, Lougheed appointed him Minister of Recreation, Parks and Wildlife.

In the [1979 Alberta general election](/source/1979_Alberta_general_election), Adair easily defeated three other candidates to win the second highest popular vote of his political career.<ref name="elec3">{{cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/database/maps_choice.asp?Year=1979&Constit=Peace_River |title=Peace River election results 1979 |publisher=Alberta Heritage Foundation |accessdate=2008-05-19 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110612185131/http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/database/maps_choice.asp?Year=1979&Constit=Peace_River |archivedate=2011-06-12 }}</ref> Adair reached the height of his popularity with a landslide win in the [1982 Alberta general election](/source/1982_Alberta_general_election).<ref name="elec4">{{cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/database/maps_choice.asp?Year=1982&Constit=Peace_River |title=Peace River election results 1982 |publisher=Alberta Heritage Foundation |accessdate=2008-05-19 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110612185136/http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/database/maps_choice.asp?Year=1982&Constit=Peace_River |archivedate=2011-06-12 }}</ref> When [Don Getty](/source/Don_Getty) became Premier in 1985, Adair became the new Minister of Consumer and Corporate Affairs.  After the [1986 general election](/source/1986_Alberta_general_election) he was transferred to the Ministry of Transportation and Utilities.<ref name="elec5">{{cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/database/maps_choice.asp?Year=1986&Constit=Peace_River |title=Peace River election results 1986 |publisher=Alberta Heritage Foundation |accessdate=2008-05-19 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110612185306/http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/database/maps_choice.asp?Year=1986&Constit=Peace_River |archivedate=2011-06-12 }}</ref> In the [1989 Alberta general election](/source/1989_Alberta_general_election) he took 66% of the popular vote, the highest of his career.<ref name="elec6">{{cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/database/maps_choice.asp?Year=1989&Constit=Peace_River |title=Peace River election results 1989 |publisher=Alberta Heritage Foundation |accessdate=2008-05-19 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110612185452/http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/database/maps_choice.asp?Year=1989&Constit=Peace_River |archivedate=2011-06-12 }}</ref> Adair was left out of the cabinet when [Ralph Klein](/source/Ralph_Klein) became Premier in 1992. He retired from provincial politics with the dissolution of the Assembly in 1993.

==Late life==
After retiring from politics, Adair co-authored a book with Frank J. Dolphin titled ''Boomer: My Life with Peter, Don and Ralph'', which was published in 1994 by Polar Bear Publishing.<ref name="book">{{cite web|url=http://www.bookfinder.com/dir/i/Boomer-My_Life_with_Peter,_Don_and_Ralph/0969874103/|title=Boomer: My Life with Peter, Don and Ralph|publisher=Bookfinder.com|accessdate=2008-05-19}}</ref> He died of a heart attack on December 24, 1996, at the age of 67.<ref>Boomer' Adair dead at Age 67: [FINAL Edition]
Slade, Daryl. Calgary Herald [Calgary, Alta] 26 Dec 1996: A.5.</ref><ref name="hansard">{{cite hansard|house=Legislative Assembly of Alberta|date=February 11, 1997|page=1|url=https://www.assembly.ab.ca/isys/LADDAR_files/docs/hansards/han/legislature_23/session_5/19970211_1330_01_han.pdf|title=Alberta Hansard|format=PDF}}</ref> The Al 'Boomer' Adair Rec Centre in [Peace River](/source/Peace_River%2C_Alberta), [Alberta](/source/Alberta), is named in his honor.<ref name="rec">{{cite web|url=http://maps.google.ca/maps?hl=en&um=1&ie=UTF-8&q=Al+Adair&near=Peace+River,+AB&fb=1&view=text&latlng=2170129712914818262|title=Al 'Boomer' Adair Rec Centre|publisher=Google Maps|accessdate=2008-05-19}}</ref>

==References==
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==Further reading==
*{{cite book |last1=Adair |first1=Boomer |title=Boomer: my life with Peter, Don and Ralph |date=1994 |publisher=Polar Bear Publishing |location=Edmonton |isbn=0-9698741-0-3 |url=https://archive.org/details/boomermylifewith0000adai |url-access=registration |OCLC=987781240}}

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20101026192825/http://www.assembly.ab.ca/legislaturecentennial/pdf/membersBooklet.pdf Legislative Assembly of Alberta Members Listing]

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 before=[Robert Wiebe](/source/Robert_Wiebe)|
 title=[MLA](/source/Member_of_the_Legislative_Assembly) [Peace River](/source/Peace_River_(provincial_electoral_district))|
 years=1971&ndash;1993|
 after=[Gary Friedel](/source/Gary_Friedel)}}
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Category:1929 births
Category:1996 deaths
Category:Canadian sportsperson-politicians
Category:Members of the Executive Council of Alberta
Category:Politicians from Edmonton
Category:Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta MLAs
Category:Sportspeople from Edmonton
Category:20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta

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