Maria Margharita "Sally" Merchant (October 1, 1919 – April 1, 2007) was a Saskatchewan television personality and political figure.
In 1941, she married Captain Evatt Francis Anthony Merchant; he was killed in action during World War II.
[2] She joined CFQC-TV (later CTV) in Saskatoon in 1955 and went on to host a television interview show known as Sally Time.
Her son Anthony "Tony" Merchant is a fifth generation lawyer and served from 1975 to 1978 as a Liberal MLA in the Saskatchewan legislature.
His wife, Pana Merchant, was a Liberal Senator for Saskatchewan from 2002 to 2017 under Prime Ministers Chretien, Martin, Harper, and Justin Trudeau.