James McPherson was a provincial level politician from

Alberta Alberta ( ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is part of Western Canada and is one of the three prairie provinces. Alberta is bordered by British Columbia to the west, Saskatchewan to the east, the Northwest Ter ...

, Canada. He served as a member of the

Legislative Assembly of Alberta The Legislative Assembly of Alberta is the deliberative assembly of the province of Alberta, Canada. It sits in the Alberta Legislature Building in Edmonton. The Legislative Assembly currently has 87 members, elected first past the post from singl ...

from 1982 to 1986 sitting with the governing Progressive Conservative caucus.

Political career

McPherson ran for a seat to the

in the

1982 Alberta general election The 1982 Alberta general election was held on November 2, 1982, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. Less than four years had passed since the Progressive Conservatives won their landslide victory in 1979. Premier Peter Lou ...

. He won the electoral district of Red Deer defeating future Member of Parliament Bob Mills by a wide margin. McPherson retired from provincial politics at dissolution of the legislature in 1986 after serving a term in office.

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Legislative Assembly of Alberta Members Listing
{{DEFAULTSORT:McPherson, Jim Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta MLAs Schulich School of Law alumni Year of birth missing (living people) Living people