page_title: Alexander James McPhail
section_title: Legacy
hierarchical_section_title: Alexander James McPhail / Legacy
caption_attribution_description: English: University of Saskatchewan, University Archives &amp; Special Collections, Saskatchewan Wheat Pool fonds, Series 10, Box 142, Malis and Lockwood unveiling plaque in honour of A.J. McPhail
context_page_description: Alexander James McPhail was a Scottish-Canadian agricultural reformer, and the first president of the Saskatchewan Wheat Pool. The Canadian government designated him a Person of National Historic Significance in 1971.
context_section_description: There is a plaque dedicated to McPhail on the Saskatchewan Wheat Pool Building at 2625 Victoria Avenue in Regina, Saskatchewan.
  Harold Innis identified himself with McPhail's character. In compiling McPhail's diary, he describes McPhail as having "a strong sense of humour … as well as a hard agnostic bent of mind which resisted emotionalism and made imposition difficult.... He disliked publicity... He read widely, and particularly biography..." In the same work, Innis quotes an uncited source's description of McPhail, who "loathed cynicism, smartness, and pomposity in equal degrees. He admired brains and respected honesty.… It was difficult for him to unbend physically or mentally … no use for cards in any form, or any time-wasting pastimes except conversation".
caption: Malis and Lockwood unveiling plaque in honour of A.J. McPhail
  University of Saskatchewan, University Archives & Special Collections, Saskatchewan Wheat Pool fonds, Series 10, Box 142
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