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M. A. MacPherson

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One of his three sons, Murdoch Alexander MacPherson Jr., known as "Sandy", born in 1916, was a pillar of the local Progressive Conservative Party and of the non-concurring First Presbyterian congregation. He served as a justice of the Saskatchewan Court of Queen's Bench from 1961 to 1981; during
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Another son, Donald K. MacPherson (always referred to and addressed as "D.K. MacPherson"), was a successful Saskatchewan labour lawyer and later Chief Justice of the Saskatchewan Court of Queen's Bench. D.K.'s son, Les MacPherson, is a retired columnist for the
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was later named in his honour, and is an official memorial of the Canadian Department of National Defence. After the war he practiced law in Saskatchewan and eventually became a
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and after being promoted to the rank of acting Lieutenant-Colonel, was killed in action near Mawlu in
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in 1924, and remained a member of the Legislative Assembly until his defeat in the
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where he came out unscathed. He was wounded by shellfire, however, at Arleux, near
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In May 1961, he received an honorary Doctor of Civil Law degree from the
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Brief biography from MacPherson Leslie & Tyerman LLP Lawyers
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Progressive Conservative Party of Canada leadership candidates
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M.A.'s second son, Ian, served in the Indian Army during the
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that wiped out the Conservative Party. He was called to
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Canadian politician and Attorney General of Saskatchewan
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Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan MLAs
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Murdoch Alexander MacPherson

QC
politician
Attorney-General
Saskatchewan
Conservative
Premier
James T.M. Anderson
Cape Breton Island
Dalhousie University
Halifax
World War I
Battle of Vimy Ridge
Arras
Regina, Saskatchewan
Queen's Counsel
legislative assembly
1934 provincial election
Ottawa
R.B. Bennett
Farm Credit Corporation
1942
federal Conservative leadership conventions
University of Saskatchewan
Colin Thatcher
Second World War
Burma
Michael Calvert
Brief biography from MacPherson Leslie & Tyerman LLP Lawyers

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