Donald Maclean (1877 – July 5, 1947) was a Canadian

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, and university administrator. Between 1918 and 1921, he was in His Majesty's Loyal Opposition in

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. In April 1921, he became a Saskatchewan judge and accepted an appointment to the Justice of the Court of King's Bench. He taught in the faculty of

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, at the

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until 1923. An honorary Doctor of Civil Law was bestowed upon him May 9, 1947 for services rendered to the public especially within the University of Saskatchewan. Donald Maclean held a term of office on the

Board of Governors from 1932 to 1946. Donald Maclean was the fourth Chancellor of the

and served in this position from 1946 until his death in 1947.

Early life

He was born in Fourchu,

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, the son of Neil MacLean and Euphemia MacDonald, and was educated at the

Pictou Academy Pictou Academy (PA), founded in 1815 by Dr. Thomas McCulloch, is a secondary school in Pictou, Nova Scotia. Prior to the twentieth century, it was a grammar school; a liberal, nonsectarian degree-granting college; and then a secondary school. Picto ...

and

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. In 1909, MacLean moved to Saskatchewan.

Political career

In the wartime Saskatchewan general election held June 26, 1917, Donald Maclean was elected to the Saskatoon City seat.

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of the

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became

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of the province.

Wellington Bartley Willoughby Wellington Bartley Willoughby, (August 10, 1859 – August 1, 1932) was a Canadian politician and lawyer. He stood for a seat in the federal House of Commons for the Conservative Party in a by-election in 1895, but lost to an unofficial To ...

was leader of the Conservative Party at the time of the election, however, he stepped down when offered an appointment to the

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. From 1918 through 1921, Donald Maclean was elected leader of the Conservative Party and His Majesty's Loyal Opposition. During his time in office, the School Act was amended to choose the English Language as the language of instruction in Saskatchewan's one room schoolhouses. The next Saskatchewan election was held June 9, 1921. However, Donald Maclean had accepted an appointment to the bench in April 1921, and left politics.

James Thomas Milton Anderson James Thomas Milton Anderson (July 23, 1878 – December 29, 1946) was the fifth premier of Saskatchewan and the first Conservative to hold the office. Early career Anderson was chosen as leader of the Conservatives in 1924 and was one of the p ...

was elected leader of the Conservative Party in 1924. The Conservative Party was split into Independent Conservatives and fractured groups and remained without a leader for three years.

References

1877 births 1947 deaths Judges in Saskatchewan Chancellors of the University of Saskatchewan Dalhousie University alumni People from Richmond County, Nova Scotia Leaders of the opposition of Saskatchewan Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan MLAs 20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan {{ProgressiveConservative-Saskatchewan-MLA-stub