Oran McPherson

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Oran Leo "Tony" McPherson was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta (Canada) for Little Bow from 1921 to 1935 as a member of the United Farmers of Alberta.

He was born in Kingsman, Kansas, United States in 1886 and attended the University of Illinois before moving to Alberta in 1906.

He served as speaker of the assembly from 1922 to 1926. He also later served as the Minister of Public Works.

In 1932, he had a nasty divorce that made headlines across Alberta newspapers. This was one of the events that hurt the United Farmers and gave them the reputation of being afflicted by moral decay that would help lead the party to its demise in 1935 at the hands of Social Credit.

After his defeat in 1935, he worked as an electrician in the 1936 film, The Garden of Allah.

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• Speaker of the Assembly
• Garden of Allah credits
• McPherson Scandel
• Followers of Moses: Biographys of United Farmers era MLAs
• Oran McPherson biography page 117

Preceded by James McNaughton	MLA Little Bow 1921-1935	Succeeded by Peter Dawson
Preceded by Charles Pingle	Speaker of the Alberta Legislative Assembly 1922-1926	Succeeded by George Johnston