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John Duncan MacLean

John Duncan MacLean
20th Premier of British Columbia
In office
August 20, 1927 – August 20, 1928
Monarch George V
Lieutenant Governor Robert Randolph Bruce
Preceded by John Oliver
Succeeded by Simon Fraser Tolmie
MLA for Greenwood
In office
September 14, 1916 – June 20, 1924
Preceded by John Robert Jackson
Succeeded by riding dissolved
MLA for Yale
In office
June 20, 1924 – July 18, 1928
Preceded by John McRae
Succeeded by John Joseph Alban Gillis
Personal details
Born (1873-12-08)December 8, 1873
Culloden, Prince Edward Island
Died March 28, 1948(1948-03-28) (aged 74)
Ottawa, Ontario
Nationality Canadian
Political party Liberal
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 rain and won in the Yale riding.

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 Canadian House of Commons 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.


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