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♂ Murdoch Alexander MacPherson
aliasMurdoch Alexander MacPherson
Record
38525 · 9404

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 43%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 0 2 2
Saskatchewan 3 2 5
Total 3 4 7
Birth 16 April 1891 → 133 years + 1 month ago
Lived 75 years + 1 month
First mandate 2 June 1925 → 98 years + 11 months ago
↳ at age 34 years + 1 month
Death 12 June 1966 → 57 years + 11 months ago
Exit → Death 31 years + 11 months after 18 June 1934
Special notes
None
 
Murdoch Alexander MacPherson (1891–1966)
© Photo Saskatchewan Archives via The Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan, University of Regina — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Saskatchewan 8 11 24 Z

Electoral history

Races 7  
Path points 7  
17 documented challengers
⊖ Percy McCuaig Anderson  m 
⊖ Allan Emrys Blakeney  m 
⊖ M.J. Coldwell  m 
⊖ James A. Cross  m 
⊖ James Grassick  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ William Franklin Kerr  m 
⊖ Garnet Nelson Menzies  m 
⊖ John O. Probe  m 
⊖ Charles Cromwell Williams  m 
 		 ⊖ William Charles Beeching  m 
⊖ James Fraser Bryant  m 
⊖ Marjorie Alexandra Cooper  f 
⊖ Francis N. Darke  m 
⊖ Frederick W. Johnson  m 
⊖ Donald A. McNiven  m  (3 runoffs)
⊖ William Richard Motherwell  m 
⊖ Edward Whelan  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 17,341 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Federal
14		 Saskatchewan
6 December 1921
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 21748(F) — 27 Aug 2023 12:36 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
30
NLCP
 2/3 6,008 34.65% -1,778 Winner:
LIB
 7,786 44.90% William R. Motherwell
Eligible: 19,639 Votes: 29,649 Participation: 75.48% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
6		 Saskatchewan
2 June 1925
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 31362(F) — 27 Aug 2023 12:36 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
34
CONS
 2/4 7,611 51.34% +95 Loser:
LIB
 7,516 50.70% James A. Cross

Service: 4 years 3 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 26,229 Votes: 43,296 Participation: 74.06% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
7		 Saskatchewan
6 June 1929
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Minority
 CONS  9 Sep 1929
ID: 31483(F) — 27 Oct 2023 20:47 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
38
CONS
 1/4 13,147 60.73% +4,422 Loser:
LIB
 8,725 40.30% Francis N. Darke
After his election:
9 Sep 1929 38
LIB
 →
CONS
 Change of government (became part of government)
9 Sep 1929 38
CONS
 →
Vac.
 Successfully ran in a ministerial by-election
Service: 3 months 3 days (Oppo. & Gov't)
Eligible: 26,229 Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
7		 Saskatchewan
30 September 1929
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Minority
ID: 31508(F) — 27 Oct 2023 20:45 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
38
CONS
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 4 years 8 months 19 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 29,815 Votes: 51,915 Participation: 87.06% Candidacies: 7
Provincial
8		 Saskatchewan
19 June 1934
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 31549(F) — 29 Mar 2024 23:58 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
43
CONS
 3/7 9,082 34.99% -2,430 Winner:
LIB
 11,512 44.35% William F. Kerr
Eligible: 36,445 Votes: 30,366 Participation: 83.32% Candidacies: 4
Federal
19		 Saskatchewan
26 March 1940
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23094(F) — 27 Aug 2023 12:36 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
48
NATG
 2/4 12,475 41.08% -1,959 Winner:
LIB
 14,434 47.53% Donald A. McNiven
Eligible: 63,391 Votes: 210,320 Participation: 82.95% Candidacies: 19
Provincial
14		 Saskatchewan
8 June 1960
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  CCF  Majority
ID: 31867(F) — 2 Mar 2024 22:12 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
69
PC
 12/19 7,194 13.68% -14,612 Winner:
CCF
 21,806 41.47% Edward C. Whelan

Online biographical references (4)

 Retrieved on
EN Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan, University of Regina
MacPherson, Murdoch Alexander (1891-1966)		 24 Mar 2024
EN Find a Grave
Murdoch Alex MacPherson		 24 Mar 2024
EN Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan, SELD: Members of the Legislative Assembly
MacPherson, Murdoch Alexander 1891 – 1966 (p. 23)		 24 Mar 2024
EN Wikipedia
M.A. MacPherson		 24 Mar 2024

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