M. A. MacPherson

Murdoch Alexander MacPherson, QC (April 16, 1891 – June 12, 1966) was a Canadian politician, Attorney-General of Saskatchewan under Conservative Premier James T.M.

MacPherson Avenue in Regina, Saskatchewan was later named in his honour, and is an official memorial of the Canadian Department of National Defence.

One of his three sons, Murdoch Alexander MacPherson Jr., known as "Sandy", born in 1916, was a pillar of the local Progressive Conservative Party and of the non-concurring First Presbyterian congregation.

He served as a justice of the Saskatchewan Court of Queen's Bench from 1961 to 1981; during this time, he sat on the custody case of Colin Thatcher.

's second son, Ian, served in the Indian Army during the Second World War and after being promoted to the rank of acting Lieutenant-Colonel, was killed in action near Mawlu in Burma in April 1944.