| Lynwood MacPherson | |
| Office: | MLA (Councillor) for 4th Queens |
| Predecessor: | Daniel Compton |
| Successor: | riding dissolved |
| Term Start: | 1986 |
| Term End: | 1996 |
| Birth Date: | 21 September 1947 |
| Birth Place: | Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island |
| Party: | Prince Edward Island Liberal Party |
Lynwood MacPherson (born September 21, 1947) is a Canadian politician, farmer and businessman. He represented 4th Queens in the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island from 1986 to 1996 as a Liberal.[1]
MacPherson was born in 1947 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island.[1] A graduate of Montague Regional High School, he married Mary Patricia Evans in 1973.[1] Prior to entering politics, MacPherson was a tobacco farmer, and a shareholder and plant manager for Belfast Tobacco Growers Limited.[1]
MacPherson entered provincial politics in 1986, when he was elected a councillor for the electoral district of 4th Queens.[2] He was re-elected in the 1989[3] and 1993 elections.[4] On May 21, 1996, MacPherson was appointed to the Executive Council of Prince Edward Island as Minister of Provincial Affairs and Attorney General.[1] In the 1996 election, MacPherson was defeated by former Progressive Conservative MLA Wilbur MacDonald in the new Belfast-Pownal Bay riding.[5]