Dean Macpherson  is a South African Member of Parliament for the Official Opposition, the Democratic Alliance and Provincial Chairperson in KwaZulu-Natal. He served his first full term in the National Assembly from 2014 – 2019 and was re-elected to the National Assembly on 8 May 2019 to begin his second term. 

On the 27th of March 2021, he was elected as the Chairperson of the Democratic Alliance in KwaZulu-Natal. 

He was the Shadow Deputy Minister for Trade and Industry from 2014 to 2017 before being promoted to Shadow Minister for Trade and Industry from 2017 – 2019. 

From 2009 to 2014, Macpherson was the elected Ward Councillor for Durban North in the eThekwini Municipality where he served as the Chief Whip of the party until 2013.