| Honorific-Prefix: | The Honourable | ||||||||||||
| David Laurence MacLaren | |||||||||||||
| Order: | 20th | ||||||||||||
| Office: | Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick | ||||||||||||
| Predecessor: | William George Clark | ||||||||||||
| Successor: | Joseph Leonard O'Brien | ||||||||||||
| Term Start: | November 1, 1945 | ||||||||||||
| Term End: | June 5, 1958 | ||||||||||||
| Governor General: | The Earl of Athlone The Viscount Alexander of Tunis Vincent Massey | ||||||||||||
| Premier: | John B. McNair Hugh John Flemming | ||||||||||||
| Office2: | Mayor of Saint John, New Brunswick | ||||||||||||
| Order2: | 52nd | ||||||||||||
| Predecessor2: | James W. Brittain | ||||||||||||
| Successor2: | Charles R. Wasson | ||||||||||||
| Term Start2: | 1936 | ||||||||||||
| Term End2: | 1940 | ||||||||||||
| Office3: | Mayor of Saint John, New Brunswick | ||||||||||||
| Order3: | 60th | ||||||||||||
| Predecessor3: | William W. Macaulay | ||||||||||||
| Successor3: | James A. Whitebone | ||||||||||||
| Term Start3: | 1958 | ||||||||||||
| Term End3: | September 7, 1960 | ||||||||||||
| Birth Date: | 27 October 1893 | ||||||||||||
| Birth Place: | Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada | ||||||||||||
| Death Place: | Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada | ||||||||||||
| Nationality: | Canadian | ||||||||||||
| Party: | Liberal | ||||||||||||
| Occupation: | Gentleman | ||||||||||||
| Profession: | Politician | ||||||||||||
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David Laurence MacLaren (October 27, 1893 - September 7, 1960) was a Canadian politician and the 20th Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick.
Born in Saint John, New Brunswick, he was appointed Minister of National Revenue in April 1945[1] in the Liberal cabinet of Mackenzie King. He was defeated in the 1945 election in the riding of St. John—Albert. From 1945 until 1958, he was the Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick. He was elected mayor of Saint John again in 1958, and held the position until his death.
During World War I, he enlisted and served in the Canadian Expeditionary Force with the Royal Canadian Artillery, 7th Siege Battery. He fought at the Battle of Vimy Ridge, where he took a gunshot wound which necessitated the removal of his right leg above the knee.[2] He recovered and received an artificial leg.[3]
Synopsis of federal political experience from the Library of Parliament