Angus Alexander McLean

MCLEAN, Q.C., ANGUS ALEXANDER, lawyer; b. 17 December 1854 in Belfast, son of William and Flora McLean; m. first 14 June 1882 Leah Yeo, and they had two children, Eric and Cecil Gower; m. secondly 24 October 1898 Frances H. Longworth, and there were no children; Presbyterian; d. 3 April 1943 in Charlottetown. McLean, a Conservative, was first elected to the Legislative Assembly in a by-election held 15 March 1888 for 4th Queens. He was re-elected in the general election of 1890. He was defeated in the general elections of 1893, 1897, and 1900. McLean was defeated in federal by-eiections for West Queen's on 15 January 1902, and Queen's on 16 February 1904. He was re-elected for Queen's in 1904, was defeated in 1908, and was re-elected in 1911. He served until the dissolution of the 12th Parliament. McLean was educated at Prince of Wales College and at Harvard Law School in Boston. Following his formal education, he studied law in the office of W. W. Sullivan*. McLean was called to the Bar in 1878. He was a lawyer in the firm Sullivan McLean and Morrison, and later in the firm of McLean and MacKinnon. McLean was designated Queen's Counsel in 1894. He served as Clerk of the Legislative Assembly from 1879 to 1888. McLean was also comptroller of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police. Angus McLean died 3 April 1943. Leah McLean, the daughter of John Yeo of Charlottetown, died in 1897. Frances McLean was the daughter of Henry Longworth.