Don Macpherson (journalist)

Don Macpherson (born 1947) is a Canadian journalist. He was the Quebec affairs columnist for the Montreal Gazette. He has covered Quebec political affairs since 1985.^[1] He retired in 2020; his final column was published on December 18 of that year.^[2]

Macpherson, who is of Scottish origin,^[3] was raised in the Montreal neighbourhood of Rosemont. He attended McGill University and wrote for The McGill Daily.^[1]

He began his journalistic career in the 1960s with The Canadian Press, where he was, he says, often assigned to cover the riots.^[1] He later covered Quebec politics for The Montreal Star and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation before joining The Gazette.^[1]