He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1990 to 1999, representing the riding of Sturgeon Creek as a Progressive Conservative.
[1] He was the vice-chairperson of the standing committee on public utilities and natural resources.
[2] The son of Donald McAlpine, he was born in Dubuc, Saskatchewan and was educated at the University of Manitoba.
He subsequently worked in real estate and as a nutritional food distributor.
[4] In the provincial election of 1999, McAlpine lost to NDP candidate Bonnie Korzeniowski by 638 votes in the redistributed riding of St.