John Duncan MacLean (December 8, 1873 – March 28, 1948) was a teacher, physician, politician and the 20th

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, Canada. MacLean was a practicing doctor in the city of Greenwood when he was elected in the 1916 election to the provincial

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. He served as minister of education and provincial secretary in the cabinets of

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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

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. Later that year he attempted to enter the House of Commons of Canada in a

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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.

Election results (partial)

References

The Canadian Encyclopedia: John Duncan MacLean
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