Al McCandless
Alfred A. McCandless was a Republican politician from California.
McCandless was born in Brawley, Imperial County, California, on July 23, 1927. He attended Los Angeles City schools and received a B.A., University of California at Los Angeles in 1951, McCandless served in the United States Marine Corps from 1945–1946 and 1950–1952, and attained the rank of Captain. He later worked as an automobile and truck dealer from 1953–1975, and was a member of the Riverside County board of supervisors from 1972–1982 and the Riverside County housing authority from 1974–1982. McCandless was elected as a Republican to the Ninety-eighth and to the five succeeding Congresses and was not a candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Fourth Congress.
McCandless died at his home in La Quinta, California on August 9, 2017 at the age of 90.
