John McPherson (Canadian politician)

For other people named John McPherson, see John McPherson (disambiguation).

John Allen McPherson (born:28 Dec 1855, Mount Pleasant, Brant County, Ontario - died: 26 Dec 1944, Vancouver, BC ) 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

Alberta Legislative Assembly Members Listing

Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Preceded by New District	MLA Stony Plain 1905-1913	Succeeded by Conrad Weidenhammer

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