Hugh McClelland (27 December 1875 – 14 December 1958) was an Australian politician. He was born in Smeaton, Victoria, his family reportedly having come to Victoria with the Henty family. He was educated at state schools before becoming a farmer at Berriwillock. He was president and a councillor of the Shire of Wycheproof, chairman of the Victorian Wheat Growers' Corporation, an executive member of the Chamber of Agriculture, and a member of the advisory committee to the Wheat Board. He was an unsuccessful candidate for the

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seat of

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at the 1914 state election and 1917 state election. In 1931, he was elected to the

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as the Country Party member for

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, and was re-elected in 1934. In 1937, McClelland lost Country Party preselection for the 1937 election to Alexander Wilson, who unlike McClelland opposed the federal composite ministry. He recontested as an unendorsed candidate, and though federal Country Party leader

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came to his electorate to campaign for him, was defeated by Wilson. McClelland died in 1958.

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