John Duncan MacLean, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Canadian politician
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Place of Birth: Culloden, Prince Edward Island, Prince Edward Island, Canada
About John Duncan MacLean
- 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 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.
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