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John Duncan MacLean

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John Duncan MacLean
20th Premier of British Columbia
In office
August 20, 1927 – August 20, 1928
MonarchGeorge V
Lieutenant GovernorRobert Randolph Bruce
Preceded byJohn Oliver
Succeeded bySimon Fraser Tolmie
MLA for Greenwood
In office
September 14, 1916 – June 20, 1924
Preceded byJohn Robert Jackson
Succeeded byriding dissolved
MLA for Yale
In office
June 20, 1924 – July 18, 1928
Preceded byJohn McRae
Succeeded byJohn Joseph Alban Gillis
Personal details
Born(1873-12-08)December 8, 1873
Culloden, Prince Edward Island
DiedMarch 28, 1948(1948-03-28) (aged 74)
Ottawa, Ontario
NationalityCanadian
Political partyLiberal
SpouseMary Gertrude Watson [1]
Children6
Occupationteacher, physician

John Duncan MacLean (December 8, 1873 – March 28, 1948) was a teacher, physician, politician and the 20th premier of British Columbia, Canada.

MacLean was a practicing doctor in the city of Greenwood when he was elected in the 1916 election to the provincial legislature as a Liberal. He served as minister of education and provincial secretary in the cabinets of Harlan Carey Brewster and John Oliver before becoming minister of finance in 1924. In the election that year, he ran and won in the Yale riding. He also served as Minister of Industries between 1924 and 1928.

MacLean became premier when Oliver died in 1927 at a time when the Liberal government was in decline. He was unable to reverse his party's fortunes, and was defeated in the 1928 election by the rival Conservatives. Later that year he attempted to enter the House of Commons of Canada in a by-election as a Liberal candidate, but was defeated by fewer than one hundred votes. He spent the rest of his life as chairman of the Canadian Farm Loan Board.

Election results (partial)

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1920 British Columbia general election: Greenwood
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal John Duncan MacLean 392 49.06
Conservative George Bell 292 36.55
Independent Farmer George Henry Pitman 115 14.39
Total valid votes 799 100.00
1924 British Columbia general election: Yale riding
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal John Duncan MacLean 1,148 46.09
Conservative John McRae 765 30.71
Provincial James Sugrue Fagan 578 23.20
Total valid votes 2,491 100.00

References

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  1. ^ "John duncan maclean 1931-2011 - Ancestry®".