Peter McLean (rugby)
Peter McLean may refer to: *Peter McLean (politician) (1837–1924), member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly *Peter McLean (cabinet maker) (''fl.'' 1860s), Australian furniture maker *Peter McLean (Australian rules footballer) (1941–2009), represented both Melbourne and Carlton in the VFL in the 1960s *Peter Douglas McLean (1853–1936), educator, physician and political figure in Ontario, Canada *Peter McLean (rugby union) (born 1954), Australian rugby union player *Peter McLean (rugby league), Australian rugby league footballer *Peter McLean (singer), Australian folk singer {{hndis, Maclean, Peter ...
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Peter McLean (politician)
Peter McLean (September 1837 – 10 December 1924) was a politician in colonial Queensland, Secretary for Public Lands and Mines 1878 to 1879. McLean was born in Glasgow, Scotland, and educated at the Normal School. In 1854 he arrived in Victoria (Australia), and worked on the goldfields until 1862, when he returned to the old country and engaged in agricultural pursuits. His health failing, he went to Queensland in 1865, where he commenced dairying operations. McLean was returned to the Legislative Assembly of Queensland, Queensland Legislative Assembly on 9 May 1876 for the Electoral district of Logan, and was appointed Secretary for Public Lands and Mines in the Douglas Ministry on 7 December 1878, just six weeks before their defeat. McLean was a prominent advocate of total abstinence in parliament. He was returned three times for Logan, but was defeated in 1883. He thereafter became Inspecting Commissioner of Crown Lands in November 1883, a post which he held until his nomi ...
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