Lynwood MacPherson (born September 21, 1947) is a Canadian politician, farmer and businessman. He represented

4th Queens 4th Queens was an electoral district in the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island, which elected two members to the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island The Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island (french: Assemblée législative ...

in the

Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island The Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island (french: Assemblée législative de l'Île-du-Prince-Édouard) is the sole chamber of the General Assembly of Prince Edward Island. The Legislative Assembly meets at Province House, which is locate ...

from 1986 to 1996 as a

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. MacPherson was born in 1947 in

Charlottetown Charlottetown is the capital and largest city of the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island, and the county seat of Queens County. Named after Queen Charlotte, Charlottetown was an unincorporated town until it was incorporated as a city in ...

Prince Edward Island Prince Edward Island (PEI; ) is one of the thirteen Provinces and territories of Canada, provinces and territories of Canada. It is the smallest province in terms of land area and population, but the most densely populated. The island has seve ...

. A graduate of

Montague Regional High School Montague Regional High School (MRHS), is a Canadian secondary school in Montague, Prince Edward Island, Montague, Prince Edward Island for students from the southern part of Kings County, Prince Edward Island, Kings County and the south eastern pa ...

, he married Mary Patricia Evans in 1973. Prior to entering politics, MacPherson was a tobacco farmer, and a shareholder and plant manager for Belfast Tobacco Growers Limited. MacPherson entered provincial politics in

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, when he was elected a councillor for the electoral district of 4th Queens. He was re-elected in the

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and 1993 elections. On May 21, 1996, MacPherson was appointed to the

Executive Council of Prince Edward Island The Executive Council of Prince Edward Island (informally and more commonly, the Cabinet of Prince Edward Island) is the cabinet of that Canadian province. Almost always made up of members of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island, the C ...

as Minister of Provincial Affairs and Attorney General. In the 1996 election, MacPherson was defeated by former Progressive Conservative MLA Wilbur MacDonald in the new

Belfast-Pownal Bay Vernon River-Stratford was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island, Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the ...

riding.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:MacPherson, Lynwood 1947 births Living people Farmers from Prince Edward Island Members of the Executive Council of Prince Edward Island Politicians from Charlottetown Prince Edward Island Liberal Party MLAs