Angus Alexander McLean, (December 17, 1854 – April 3, 1943) was a

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lawyer and politician. Born in

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, the son of William McLean. McLean was educated at the

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, Charlottetown, and the

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. A lawyer and

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, he was married to Leah Yeo, daughter of

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under the Dominion Insolvency Act for five years. In 1904, he was elected President of the Prince Edward Island Law Society. McLean was a

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member of the

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for

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from 1888 until 1900. He ran unsuccessfully for the

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in a 1902 and 1904 by-elections for

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. A Conservative, he was first elected in the general elections of 1904 for Queen's and was defeated in

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. He was re-elected in

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and did not run in

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The Canadian Parliament; biographical sketches and photo-engravures of the senators and members of the House of Commons of Canada. Being the tenth Parliament, elected November 3, 1904
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