John Oldring ECA (born September 2, 1952)[1] is a former municipal provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada.
[2] He ran as a Progressive Conservative candidate for the provincial general election held that year in the new electoral district of Red Deer South.
[4] Oldring was appointed to the cabinet by Premier Don Getty after the election in 1989.
He served as Minister of Family and Social Services and decided to run as a candidate in the 1992 Progressive Conservative Leadership Convention, eventually losing to Ralph Klein.
[5] After the leadership election Oldring was not reappointed to the cabinet and retired from provincial politics at dissolution of the Assembly in 1993.