Robert Macpherson (Canadian politician)

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For the Canadian MP from British Columbia, see Robert George Macpherson.

Robert Macpherson (December 11, 1853[1] – after 1900) was a Scottish-born carpenter, builder and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Vancouver City in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1894 to 1900.

He was born in Inverkip, Renfrewshire, the son of Ritchie Macpherson, and was educated there. Macpherson came to Manitoba in 1882 and then moved to Vancouver in 1888. In 1894, he married Jane Elizabeth Sinclair.[1] Macpherson was nominated by the Nationalist Party, known as British Columbia's "first real labor party".[2] He was defeated when he ran for reelection in 1900.[3]

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