James Allen "Al" "Boomer" Adair (May 13, 1929 – December 24, 1996) was a minor league baseball player, radio broadcaster and politician from Alberta, Canada.
Running as a candidate for the Progressive Conservative Party, he defeated incumbent Social Credit MLA Robert Wiebe in the electoral district of Peace River.
[3] He was appointed to the cabinet by Premier Peter Lougheed and served as the minister without portfolio responsible for native affairs.
In the 1979 Alberta general election, Adair easily defeated three other candidates to win the second highest popular vote of his political career.
[10][11] The Al 'Boomer' Adair Rec Centre in Peace River, Alberta, is named in his honor.