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♂ Oran Leo McPherson
aliasTony McPherson
Record
42565 · 8208

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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 75%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Alberta 3 1 4
Birth 12 April 1886 → 138 years ago
Lived 63 years + 1 month
First mandate 18 July 1921 → 102 years + 9 months ago
↳ at age 35 years + 3 months
Death 23 May 1949 → 74 years + 11 months ago
Exit → Death 13 years + 9 months after 21 August 1935
Special notes
None
 
Oran Leo (Tony) McPherson (1886–1949)
© Photo c.1920–27 United Farmers Historical Society — licensed under CC BY 2.0
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 
Well that's interesting!
McPherson had what the Alberta media termed a "nasty divorce" in 1932, an event which, along with others, is said to have contributed to the reputation of the United Farmers being afflicted by moral decay that led to the party's demise in the 1935 general election.
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Alberta 14 1 1 Z

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. AB 5
UFA
 1 Speaker 35–40 02 Feb 1922 — 25 May 1926 4 3 23

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 4  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Peter Dawson  m 
 		 ⊖ James McNaughton  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: 3,258 Votes: 2,410 Participation: 73.97% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
5		 Alberta
18 July 1921
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  UFA  Majority
ID: 27622(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
35
UFA
 1/2 1,554 64.48% +698 Loser:
LIB
 856 35.52% James McNaughton

Service: 4 years 11 months 9 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 3,235 Votes: 2,521 Participation: 77.93% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
6		 Alberta
28 June 1926
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  UFA  Majority
ID: 27690(F) — 5 Mar 2022 21:42 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
40
UFA
 1/3 1,367 57.01% +811 Loser:
LIB
 556 23.19% James McNaughton

Service: 3 years 11 months 21 days (Gov't)
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
7		 Alberta
19 June 1930
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  UFA  Majority
ID: 27744(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
44
UFA
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 5 years 2 months 2 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 4,100 Votes: 3,613 Participation: 88.12% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
8		 Alberta
22 August 1935
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 27804(F) — 6 Mar 2022 12:40 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
49
UFA
 2/3 704 20.11% -1,618 Winner:
SC
 2,322 66.34% Peter Dawson

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Oran L. 'Tony' McPherson		 24 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Oran McPherson		 24 Apr 2024

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