Abner Reid McClelan (January 4, 1831 – January 30, 1917) was a

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senator and the tenth

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. Born in

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, the son of Peter McClelan and Lucy (Robinson) McLelan, he was educated at Mount Allison Wesleyan Academy in Sackville, (now

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). He was elected to the

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in 1854 and served until

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in 1867 when he was called to the

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for the

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of New Brunswick. A

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, he resigned in 1896 when he was appointed Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick. He served until 1902. McClelan died in

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, New Brunswick, in 1917.

References

* * 1831 births 1917 deaths Canadian senators from New Brunswick Liberal Party of Canada senators Lieutenant governors of New Brunswick New Brunswick Liberal Association MLAs People from Albert County, New Brunswick Mount Allison University alumni 19th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick 19th-century members of the Senate of Canada {{LiberalAssociation-NewBrunswick-MLA-stub