Walter McLean
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The Honourable Walter McLean PC |
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| Member of Parliament for Waterloo |
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In office 1979 – 1993 |
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| Preceded by | Max Saltsman |
| Succeeded by | Andrew Telegdi |
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April 26, 1936 Leamington, Ontario |
| Political party | Progressive Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Barbara |
| Residence | Waterloo, Ontario |
| Profession | church minister |
| Religion | Presbyterian |
Walter Franklin McLean, PC (born April 26, 1936) is a former Canadian politician.
Born in Leamington, Ontario, he grew up in Victoria British Columbia, the son of James Walter Lewis McLean (1905–1998), a Presbyterian minister, and Frances D. Blair McLean. He studied at the University of British Columbia, and Toronto's Knox College. Walter and his wife Barbara, were designated as presbyterian missionaries; Walter was the first CUSO coordinator in Nigeria in 1962.
Following the Nigerian Civil War in Nigeria, the McLeans returned to Canada, and settled in Winnipeg, Manitoba, where Walter was involved in that province's 1970 Centennial Celebrations.
In 1971, the family moved to Waterloo Ontario, and Walter became the Minister of Knox Church, and involved in local affairs. He was elected as a Progressive Conservative Party candidate in the 1979 federal election in the riding of Waterloo. He was re-elected in the 1980, 1984 and 1988 elections.
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