Peggy Wilton McKercher (born April 17, 1929) OC SOM, is a Canadian conservationist and university administrator.
McKercher was the first woman elected to the RM of Corman Park council; she served as the 11th chancellor of the University of Saskatchewan; she chaired the Meewasin Valley Authority in its formative years; she vice-chaired the Wanuskewin Heritage Park; she sat on the board of the National Capital Commission’s Canadiana Fund, the Saskatchewan Arts Board, and was as Saskatchewan’s representative on the Trans Canada Trail Advisory Foundation Advisory Board.
She also chaired the University of Saskatchewan Committee on Heritage Buildings and worked on the Mayor’s South Down Town Task Force in Saskatoon.
They then returned to Saskatoon where Robert articled with Justice Emmett Hall, before joining a law firm in Ottawa for six years.
[7] McKercher was the first woman to serve on the rural municipality of RM of Corman Park council, where she sat as a division counselor,[8] as deputy reeve,[9] and on numerous committees.
[11] McKercher was instrumental in the development of Wanuskewin Heritage Park near Saskatoon from 1982 until its official opening in 1992 and continued on its board until 1997.
[16] McKercher was praised for her “quiet dignity, gracious personality and sound wisdom” during her chancellorship, where she “served the University of Saskatchewan in ceremony, governance and everyday life in an outstanding manner”.