Robert Malcolm McGregor was a wholesale grocer, lumber merchant and political figure in Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the most populous province in Atlantic Canada. The name of the province is Latin for "New Scotland," but "Nova Scotia" is the recognized, English-language name of the province. The provincial capital is Halifax. Nova Scotia is the...

, Canada. He represented Pictou County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly

Nova Scotia House of Assembly

The Nova Scotia Legislature, consisting of Her Majesty The Queen represented by the Lieutenant Governor and the House of Assembly, is the legislative branch of the provincial government of Nova Scotia, Canada...

 from 1904 to 1924 as a Liberal

Liberal Party of Nova Scotia

The Liberal Party of Nova Scotia is a political party in Nova Scotia, Canada.-Origins:The party is descended from the pre-Confederation Reformers in Nova Scotia who coalesced around Joseph Howe demanding the institution of responsible government...

 member.

He was born in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia

New Glasgow, Nova Scotia

New Glasgow is a town in Pictou County, in the province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It is situated on the banks of the East River of Pictou, which flows into Pictou Harbour, a sub-basin of the Northumberland Strait....

, the son of James Drummond McGregor

James Drummond McGregor

James Drummond McGregor was a Canadian businessman, politician, and the ninth Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia....

 and Elizabeth McColl, and was educated at Dalhousie University

Dalhousie University

Dalhousie University is a public research university located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. The university comprises eleven faculties including Schulich School of Law and Dalhousie University Faculty of Medicine. It also includes the faculties of architecture, planning and engineering located at...

. In 1905, he married Laura McNeil. McGregor served on the board of directors for the Bank of Nova Scotia and the Nova Scotia Steel and Coal Company. He was first elected to the provincial assembly in an 1904 by-election held after Edward Mortimer Macdonald

Edward Mortimer Macdonald

Edward Mortimer Macdonald, PC was a Canadian politician.Born in Pictou, Nova Scotia, the son of John D. and Mary Isabel Macdonald, Macdonald was educated at the Pictou Academy and Dalhousie College where he received a Bachelor of Law in 1887. He was admitted to the Nova Scotia bar in 1887 and the...

was elected to the House of Commons. McGregor served as a member of the province's Executive Council from 1911 to 1920. He died in office in New Glasgow at the age of 48.