Lt.-Col. Daniel McLean (January 4, 1868 – March 2, 1950) was a politician in

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, Canada. He served in the

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from 1914 to 1915, and later served as the 32nd

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for two years. McLean was a member of the Conservative Party.

Biography

McLean was born in the Scotch Block of

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, the son of Mr. G. McLean, and was educated at public schools in Georgetown. McLean came to Manitoba in 1892. In 1895, he married A. Blanchard. He worked as a real estate broker and farmer, and served as president of McLean and Grisdale Ltd. He was also appointed Lieutenant-Colonel of the 106th Regiment (Winnipeg Light Infantry) on April 1, 1912. In religion, McLean was a

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. McLean was an

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in Winnipeg from 1907 to 1910, and a city controller from 1913 to 1914. He was elected to the Manitoba legislature in the 1914 provincial election, defeating Liberal candidate Robert Newton Lowery and

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Herman Saltzmann in

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"B". The Conservatives won a majority government in this election, and McLean served as a backbench supporter of

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's administration. In 1915, the Roblin administration was forced to resign from office after a report commissioned by the

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found the government guilty of corruption in the tendering of contracts for new legislative buildings. A new election was called, which the Liberals won in a landslide. McLean did not seek re-election. During

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, McLean served overseas as commander of the 101st Battalion of the

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. From 1918 to 1919, he served on Headquarters Staff for Military Division No. 10. From 1919 to 1921, he was commander of the

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. He attempted to return to the legislature in the 1922 provincial election. By this time, the city of Winnipeg had been re-designed as a single ten-member constituency, with members chosen by a

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. McLean finished in 24th place on the first count with 515 votes, and was eliminated on the twenty-first count. He served as mayor of Winnipeg in 1928–29, succeeding fellow Conservative

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. He was defeated by Webb when he ran for reelection as mayor for 1930. He died in Winnipeg at the age of 82.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:McLean, Daniel 1868 births 1950 deaths Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba MLAs Mayors of Winnipeg People from the Regional Municipality of Halton 20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba 20th-century mayors of places in Manitoba