Angus Alexander McLean

Angus Alexander McLean
Member of the Canadian Parliament
for Queen's
In office
1904–1908
Serving with Alexander Martin
Preceded by District was created in 1903
Succeeded by Lemuel E. Prowse
Alexander Warburton
In office
1911–1917
Serving with Donald Nicholson
Preceded by Lemuel E. Prowse
Alexander Warburton
Succeeded by John Ewen Sinclair
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island for 4th Queens
In office
1888–1893
Personal details
Born (1854-12-17)December 17, 1854
Belfast, Prince Edward Island
Died April 3, 1943(1943-04-03) (aged 88)
Political party Conservative

Angus Alexander McLean, KC (December 17, 1854 April 3, 1943) was a Canadian lawyer and politician.

Born in Belfast, Prince Edward Island, the son of William McLean. McLean was educated at the Prince of Wales College, Charlottetown, and the Harvard Law School. A lawyer and King's Counsel, he was married to Leah Yeo, daughter of John Yeo, from 1882 to her death in 1897. His second wife was Frances H. Longworth.

He was a law clerk of the Prince Edward Legislature for eight years. In 1894, he was appointed Revising Officer for East Queen's and was an official Assignee under the Dominion Insolvency Act for five years. In 1904, he was elected President of the Prince Edward Island Law Society.

McLean was a Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island for 4th Queens from 1888 until 1900. He ran unsuccessfully for the Canadian House of Commons in a 1902 and 1904 by-elections for West Queen's. A Conservative, he was first elected in the general elections of 1904 for Queen's and was defeated in 1908. He was re-elected in 1911 and did not run in 1917.

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