Robert Augustus MacLellan (January 29, 1882 – March 17, 1968) was a Canadian politician. He represented the

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of Hants in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1945 to 1949. He was a member of the

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. MacLellan was born in 1882 at Goldboro, Guysborough County, Nova Scotia. He was educated at

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, and was a physician and surgeon by career. He married Lydia J. Poe in 1910, and then Elsie B. (Wallace) Clark in 1943. MacLellan served on the East Hants Municipal School Board. He entered provincial politics in the 1945 election, winning the Hants County riding. In the 1949 election, MacLellan was defeated by 28 votes in the newly established Hants East riding by Progressive Conservative

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. MacLellan died at

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on March 17, 1968.

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1882 births 1968 deaths Dalhousie University alumni Nova Scotia Liberal Party MLAs People from Guysborough County, Nova Scotia People from Hants County, Nova Scotia {{NovaScotia-politician-stub