John Robert McLean

MCLEAN, JOHN ROBERT, merchant and company president; b. 1 January 1906 in Souris, son of Harry Daniel McLean* and Annie Mitchell; m. 12 October 1936 Marjorie Robina MacBeath, and they had two children, Pauline Anne and John Gordon; United; d. 9 October 1964 in Charlottetown. McLean, a Conservative, was first elected to the Legislative Assembly in a by-election held 8 February 1940 for I'1 Kings. He was re-elected in the general elections of 1947, 1959, and 1962. He was defeated in the general elections of 1939, 1943, 1951, and 1955. In 1959 he was appointed Speaker of the 49th General Assembly and, in 1963, Speaker of the 50th General Assembly. McLean was the third generation in his family to serve P' Kings. His father, and his grandfather John McLean*, had represented the same riding. McLean received his early education in Souris. He received his post-secondary education at Pictou Academy in Nova Scotia. He worked at the Bank of Commerce for four years, before embarking on a mercantile career. Like his father, he became the president of the firm Matthew and McLean Limited. McLean was the secretary-treasurer of the Souris Skating Rink Company and a director of Associated Shippers Incorporated. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge. While still Speaker, John McLean died 9 October 1964 at the Prince Edward Island Hospital. Marjorie McLean was the daughter of Donald MacBeath of Campbellton, New Brunswick.