John Duncan MacLean

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John Duncan MacLean (born December 8, 1873 in Colloden, Prince Edward Island , † March 28, 1948 in Ottawa ) was a Canadian politician , teacher and doctor . From August 20, 1927 to August 21, 1928 he was Prime Minister of the Province of British Columbia and Chairman of the British Columbia Liberal Party .

biography

MacLean worked on a farm on Prince Edward Island but then moved west in 1892. He was school principal in Rossland for several years and joined the Freemasons in 1896 . He later went to McGill University in Montreal , graduated in medicine in 1905 and practiced in Greenwood . In September 1916 MacLean was elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia and was a member of the provincial government, first as Minister of Education, from 1924 as Minister of Finance.

Prime Minister John Oliver died on August 17, 1927, and MacLean succeeded him as party chairman and head of government three days later. The Liberals were defeated in the June 18, 1928 election and MacLean resigned from office on August 21. In the same year he ran for a House of Commons by-election , but was beaten by less than a hundred votes. He spent the rest of his life in Ottawa as the chairman of the Canadian Agricultural Loans Authority.

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SURNAME MacLean, John Duncan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian politician
DATE OF BIRTH December 8, 1873
PLACE OF BIRTH Colloden, Prince Edward Island
DATE OF DEATH March 28, 1948
Place of death Ottawa