George McLean (Canadian politician) explained

George McLean
Birthname:George Alexander McLean
Birth Date:1885 5, df=yes
Birth Place:Mara Township, Ontario
Death Place:Orillia, Ontario
Spouse:Edith Newport
m. 24 September 1919[1]
Riding:Simcoe East
Predecessor:Alfred Burke Thompson
Successor:William Alfred Robinson
Term Start:October 1935
Term End:April 1945
Profession:Insurance agent, real estate broker
Party:Liberal

George Alexander McLean (23 May 1885  - 31 October 1975) was a Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Mara Township, Ontario, and became an insurance agent and real estate broker by career.

McLean attended Orillia Collegiate, then attained a Bachelor of Arts at the University of Toronto. He served in World War I with the Canadian Expeditionary Force, 19th Battalion. He also served with the 21st Battalion (2nd Tyneside Scottish), Northumberland Fusiliers, achieving the rank of captain. In 1917, he sustained major injuries in battle.

From 1921 to 1924, McLean was a municipal councillor of Orillia, and from then the city's mayor until 1925.

He was first elected to Parliament at the Simcoe East riding in the 1935 general election after an unsuccessful campaign there in 1930. He was re-elected in 1940 and served a full second term and left federal politics at the 1945 election.

He died at Soldier's Memorial Hospital in Orillia in 1975.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Normandin, A. L. . The Canadian Parliamentary Guide . 1941 .
  2. The Globe and Mail, 3 November 1975, pg. 39