John Duncan MacLean explained

John Duncan MacLean
Order:20th
Office:Premier of British Columbia
Predecessor:John Oliver
Successor:Simon Fraser Tolmie
Lieutenant Governor:Robert Randolph Bruce
Term Start:August 20, 1927
Term End:August 20, 1928
Office1:MLA for Greenwood
Term Start1:September 14, 1916
Term End1:June 20, 1924
Predecessor1:John Robert Jackson
Successor1:riding dissolved
Office2:MLA for Yale
Term Start2:June 20, 1924
Term End2:July 18, 1928
Predecessor2:John McRae
Successor2:John Joseph Alban Gillis
Birth Date:8 December 1873
Birth Place:Culloden, Prince Edward Island
Death Place:Ottawa, Ontario
Nationality:Canadian
Party:Liberal
Spouse:Mary Gertrude Watson [1]
Children:6
Occupation:teacher, physician

John Duncan MacLean (December 8, 1873 – March 28, 1948) was a teacher, physician, politician and the 20th premier of British Columbia, Canada.

MacLean was a practicing doctor in the city of Greenwood when he was elected in the 1916 election to the provincial legislature as a Liberal. He served as minister of education and provincial secretary in the cabinets of Harlan Carey Brewster and John Oliver before becoming minister of finance in 1924. In the election that year, he ran and won in the Yale riding. He also served as Minister of Industries between 1924 and 1928.

MacLean became premier when Oliver died in 1927 at a time when the Liberal government was in decline. He was unable to reverse his party's fortunes, and was defeated in the 1928 election by the rival Conservatives. Later that year he attempted to enter the House of Commons of Canada in a by-election as a Liberal candidate, but was defeated by fewer than one hundred votes. He spent the rest of his life as chairman of the Canadian Farm Loan Board.

References

  1. Web site: John duncan maclean 1931-2011 - Ancestry®.