John McPherson (politician)
- John McPherson (politician)
John Allen McPherson (born: - died: ) was a provincial level politician in Alberta, Canada
Political career
John was first elected as an original member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for the electoral district of Stony Plain in the Alberta general election, 1905 for the Alberta Liberal Party defeating Dan Bronx of the Conservatives and future Conservative MLA Conrad Weidenhammer who ran as an Independent. He served the Alberta Liberal Party as a back bencher.
John would win a second term to office in Stony Plain in the 1909 Alberta general election in another hotly contested election against 3 other opponents.
In the 1913 Alberta general election he would be defeated and retired from politics after being handily defeated by Conservative Conrad Weidenhammer.
External links
* [http://www.assembly.ab.ca/legislaturecentennial/pdf/membersBooklet.pdf Alberta Legislative Assembly Members Listing]
succession box
before=New District
title=MLA Stony Plain
years=1905-1913
after=Conrad Weidenhammer
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