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Greg Macpherson

American politician (born 1950)

Summary

American politician (born 1950)

Field	Value
name	Greg Macpherson
image	Greg Macpherson.jpg
birth_date
birth_place	Corvallis, Oregon
residence	Lake Oswego, Oregon
state_house2	Oregon
district2	38th
term_start2	2003
term_end2	2009
predecessor2	Richard Devlin
successor2	Chris Garrett
party	Democratic
occupation	Attorney
spouse	Tory Macpherson

the Oregon politician

http://www.lawyers.com/Oregon/Portland/Gregory-H.-Macpherson-1501158-a.html
:Triggered by \blawyers\.com\b on the local blacklist|bot=Cyberbot II|invisible=true}} Gregory Hector Macpherson (born May 3, 1950) is a Democratic politician in the US state of Oregon. From 2003 to 2009, he served as the state representative from District 38, which includes most of Lake Oswego and portions of southwestern Portland.

Early life

Macpherson was born in Corvallis, Oregon, and grew up in rural Linn County. His paternal grandfather, Hector Macpherson, Sr., was elected in 1926, 1928, and 1938 as a progressive Republican member the Oregon Legislative Assembly. During his political career his grandfather helped found the Oregon Department of Education. His father, Hector Jr., served in the Oregon State Senate and was a cosponsor of the 1973 law that established Oregon's land-use planning system.

Macpherson earned his undergraduate degree from Harvard University in 1972 and his law degree from Georgetown University in 1975. He was admitted to the Oregon bar in 1975.

Political career

In 2002, Macpherson was elected to the Oregon House of Representatives, defeating Republican Jim Zupancic. He was re-elected in 2004 and 2006. In the Oregon House, he played a prominent role opposing Measure 37, a controversial ballot initiative that invalidated much of Oregon's land use regulation. He was the plaintiff in Macpherson v. Department of Administrative Services, an unsuccessful challenge to Measure 37's constitutionality. As chair of the House Judiciary Committee, he was instrumental in writing Measure 49, a 2007 ballot measure that scaled back some of Measure 37's provisions.

In 2006, Macpherson was one of only three Democrats in the Oregon legislature who urged the PUC to oppose refunding Portland General Electric (PGE) customers who had been illegally overcharged by the utility.

He was a candidate for Oregon Attorney General in 2008, running to succeed incumbent Hardy Myers, but lost in the Democratic primary to John Kroger. In 2012, Macpherson announced that he would run for mayor of his hometown of Lake Oswego.{{cite news

Personal

Macpherson and his wife Tory live in Lake Oswego. He has two adult children.

Electoral history

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References

"Gregory H. Macpherson profile". Lawyers.com.
Elizabeth Nielsen, [http://archives.library.oregonstate.edu/files/archives/mss/zorn_macpherson_des.html "Guide to the Zorn-Macpherson Bill Collection 1926-1932,"] {{webarchive. link. (September 21, 2013 Oregon State University Archives, Corvallis, OR.)
Jaquiss, Nigel. (2008-03-26). "Gunfight at the OR Corral". [[Willamette Week]].
"Greg Macpherson".
(February 1, 2012). "Macpherson flings hat into L.O. mayoral race". Portland Business Journal.
(August 22, 2007). "Macpherson set to run for attorney general". Albany Democrat Herald.
(May 21, 2008). "Kroger, Brown win statewide races". Ashland Daily Tidings.

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