Peter McAra Jr. (November 7, 1862 – February 12, 1950[1]) was a businessman and political figure in Saskatchewan, Canada.

[2] He was born in Fort William, Kolkata, India on November 7, 1862, the son of Peter McAra and Barbara Fisken, both natives of Scotland, and was educated in Edinburgh.

In 1883, he came to Long Lake, Saskatchewan, where he worked for the Dominion Express Company and the Canadian Pacific Railway.

McAra was also president of the British Western Trust Corporation, head of Capital Ice Company and Income Tax Commissioner of Saskatchewan.

McAra helped establish the Regina Anti-Tuberculosis League (later the Saskatchewan Lung Association) and the Union of Saskatchewan Municipalities and served as its first president for both organizations.