Donald Mighton McPherson

Canadian politician

Preceded byHimself (as MLA for Regina South West)

Preceded byNew District

Succeeded byHimself (as MLA for Regina Lakeview)

Don McPherson

MLA for Regina Lakeview
In office June 23, 1971 – September 14, 1973
Preceded by	Himself (as MLA for Regina South West)
Succeeded by	Ted Malone
MLA for Regina South West
In office October 11, 1967 – June 23, 1971
Preceded by	New District
Succeeded by	Himself (as MLA for Regina Lakeview)

Personal details
Born	(1937-07-17) July 17, 1937 (age 88) Regina, Saskatchewan
Party	Liberal

Donald Mighton McPherson (November 26, 1918 – September 14, 1973)^[1] was a Canadian professional sports executive, businessman, farmer and political figure in Saskatchewan. He represented Regina South West from 1967 to 1971 and Regina Lakeview from 1971 to 1973 in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan as a Liberal.

He was born in Regina, Saskatchewan, and was educated there, going on to study agriculture at the University of Manitoba. He served with The Fort Garry Horse and the 10th Canadian Armoured Regiment during World War II and received the Croix de Guerre with Étoile de Vermeil (Silver Star).^[2]

Career

In 1949, he became a director for the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League (CFL). From 1956 to 1957, McPherson served as the club's president and he continued to serve on the team's management committee until his death. He was also president of the CFL in 1959, president of the Canadian Rugby Union in 1963 and president of the Western Football Conference in 1965. McPherson chaired a committee to reorganize the management of the BC Lions in 1962, receiving a lifetime membership in that football club for his efforts.^[1]

McPherson was president of a number of companies, including McPherson and Thom Ltd. of Regina, McPherson and Thom Ltd. of Alberta, Western Welding of Saskatoon and Regina Tire Mart. He also served as a director for several companies, including Carling Breweries, the Bank of Western Canada and Prairie Metal Products Ltd.^[3] In 1966, he was named Saskatchewan Salesman of the Year by the Regina Sales and Marketing Club.^[2]

A farm owner, McPherson raised purebred Aberdeen Angus cattle.^[2]

From 1953 to 1958, he was a member of Regina city council. McPherson was a member of the board of governors for the Regina General Hospital. He helped establish the United Way in Regina and served as president of the city's United Appeal in 1961.^[2]

McPherson served as Opposition whip in the Saskatchewan assembly.^[2] He died in office at the age of 54.^[1]

McPherson was named to the Canadian Football Hall of Fame as a builder in 1983 and to the Saskatchewan Roughriders Plaza of Honor in 1988.^[1]

References

1 2 3 4 Mazgar, Brian; Stoffel, Holden (2007). Saskatchewan Sports: Lives Past and Present. CPRC Press. ISBN 978-0889771673. Retrieved 2012-07-31.
1 2 3 4 5 "Hansard" (PDF). Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan. November 30, 1973. Retrieved 2012-07-31.
↑ "Don Mcpherson, MLA, businessman, dies". Leader-Post. Regina. September 14, 1973. p. 25. Retrieved 2012-07-31.

External links

"Don McPherson". Canadian Sports Hall of Fame. Retrieved 2012-07-31.

Saskatchewan Roughriders team presidents

M. R. Bow (1911–1912)
T. B. Patton (1913)
Harrison (1914)
James E. Armstrong (1915)
C. M. Johnstone (1918)
M. R. Bow (1919)
C. M. Johnstone (1920–1923)
D. S. Johnstone (1924–1927)
Emmett McCusker (1928–1930)
W. A. Kennedy (1931)
Piffles Taylor (1932–1936)
Nye Lance (1937)
Emmett McCusker (1938–1939)
Piffles Taylor (1940)
Clair Warner (1941)
Jack Welsh (1945)
Jack Roward (1946–1948)
Stack Tibbits (1949)
Don McPherson (1950)
Robert A. Kramer (1951–1953)
Beattie Martin (1954–1955)
Don McPherson (1956–1957)
Sam Taylor (1958–1959)
Morris Wessel (1960)
Robert A. Kramer (1961–1965)
Don McDonald (1966–1967)
Bill Clarke (1968–1971)
Al Sangster (1972–1975)
Bruce Cowie (1976–1978)
Gord Staseson (1979–1981)
Dick Rendek (1982–1984)
Keith Critchley (1985–1986)
Tom Shepherd (1987–1989)
Phil Kershaw (1990–1995)
Fred Wagman (1996–1997)
Bob Ellard (1998–2000)
Tom Robinson (2001–2004)
Jim Hopson (2005–2014)
Craig Reynolds (2015–present)

v t e Members of the Canadian Football Hall of Fame
Players	Abendschan Ah You Aldag D. Allen Anderson Atchison B. Bailey Baker Barrow Bass Batstone Battle Beach Benecick Bennett Bonk Bourke Bowman Box Breen Bright C. Brock D. Brock Do. Brown T. Brown Browne Brule Burden Burris Cahoon Calvillo Cameron J. Campbell Casey Charlton Childress Chiu Clarke Clements Clemons Coffey Coleman Conacher Connop Copeland Copeland Cornish Corrigall Covington C. Cox E. Cox R. Craig Crawford Cronin D. Cutler W. Cutler Dalla Riva E. Davis DiPietro Dixon Dressler Dunigan Elgaard Elimimian Eliowitz Emerson Estay Etcheverry Evanshen Fairbanks Faloney Fear Fennell Fernandez Ferraro Ferrone Fieldgate Flagel Fleming Flory Da. Flutie Do. Flutie Flynn Frank Fryer Gabriel Gaines Gall George Golab Goldsmith Gorrell Grant Gray Green Greer Griffing D. Hall Ham Hanson Harding D. Harris W. Harris Harrison Helton Henley Highbaugh Hinton Holloway Huffman Hufnagel Hugo Ilesic Isbister Jackson Jacobs E. James G. James A. Johnson B. Johnson W. Johnson Ty. Jones Jurasin Kabat Kapp Keeling B. Kelly E. Kelly Kepley Krol Kwong Lapointe Lancaster Lawson Leadlay Lear Lehmann L. Lewis N. Lewis Lumsden Lunsford Luster Luzzi Makowsky McCallum McCance McGill McGowan McManus McQuarters B. Miles R. Miles Mills Mitchell Molson Montford Moon F. Morris T. Morris Mosca J. Murphy Narcisse Nelson Nettles Neumann O'Quinn O'Shea Okeke Olafioye Owens Pajaczkowski Jac. Parker Jam. Parker Passaglia Patterson Payton G. Perry N. Perry Phillips A. Pitts E. Pitts Pless Ploen Poplawski Pringle Quilty Racine Raimey Ray Rebholz Reed Reeve Ridgway Rigney Roberts Robinson Romano Rowe Ruby Russel T. Scott V. Scott Shatto Simon Be. Simpson Bo. Simpson Sprague Stegall Steinauer Stevenson Stewart Stirling Sutherin Symons Thelen Thornton Timmis Tindale Tinsley Tommy Trawick Tubman Tucker Urness Uteck Vaughan Vaughn Vavra Vercheval Wagner Walby Walker Weir Welch West Wilkinson G. Williams A. Wilson D. Wilson Winfield Wylie Yochum Young Zambiasi Zock
Builders	Ackles Anselmo Back R. Bailey Ballard Barker Berger Braley Brook D. W. Brown Buono H. Campbell Chipman Clair Connellan Cooper Cosentino Coulter Crighton A. Currie G. Currie Custis Davies DeGruchy Dojack Duggan DuMoulin Dussault Evans Forster Foulds Fracas Fulton Gaudaur Gibson Grant Grey Griffith Halter Hannibal Haylor Hayman Henick Hopson Hufnagel Bi. Hughes Ireland Jauch G. Johnson Keys Kimball Knight Kramer Laverty Levy Lieberman Loney Matthews McBrien McCaffrey D. McCann McCrystal McDonald McNaughton McPherson Mitchell Metras Montgomery T. Morris C. Murphy Newton O'Billovich Pistilli Preston Reda A. Ritchie D. Ritchie Rodden Ryan Sazio Schwartz Shaughnessy Shepherd Shivers Shouldice J. Simpson F. Smith L. Smith Slocomb Spencer Spring Stukus P. Taylor Tindall Towriss Uteck Warner Warwick Wetenhall S. Wilson
Media	Afaganis A. Allen P. Allen R. Allen Avery Badham Beamish Bishop Bratina Brisebois Brunt Calcutt Carroll Tom Casey Chevrier Cluff Cole Coleman J. Cox G. Craig Cuthbert Daniel D. Davis DeGeer Dryburgh Dufault Dunnell Esaw Frayne Frewin Friesen Gilchrist Good Graham B. Hall V. Hall Hanley Hooper Bo. Hughes Hunt Hunter Hynes Irving D. Isaac M. Isaac Te. Jones Kearney G. Kelly Kent Kielty Lalji MacCabe Maki Marsden Marshall Martin Matheson Matsumoto A. McCann McConnell McKnight McLean Melville Miller Milton Moir Naylor Newans O'Brien O'Meara Owen Pascall Pascucci Pawson Picken J. Proudfoot T. Proudfoot Proulx Purcell Ralph Reeve Ruckaber Saunders Schultz Selnes Sgambati Sigurdson Simmons D. Smith M. Smith Stephen Stephenson Stukus Suitor Sullivan Swangard Tait J. Taylor Tucker Ullrich Viney G. Walker H. Walker Ja. Wells Jo. Wells Westwick Willes B. Williams Wittman Zurkowsky

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