Robert Simpson MacLellan (2 July 1925 – 15 January 2011) was a Progressive Conservative party member of the

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. He was born in

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and became a lawyer by career. After an unsuccessful campaign in the 1957 federal election unseat

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Liberal incumbent

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, MacLellan won the seat in the 1958 general election. MacLellan served one term before MacEachen regained the riding in the 1962 election. MacLellan contracted lung cancer and died in Ottawa at age 85.

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* 1925 births 2011 deaths Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Nova Scotia Progressive Conservative Party of Canada MPs 20th-century Canadian lawyers Deaths from lung cancer in Canada Deaths from cancer in Ontario 20th-century members of the House of Commons of Canada {{NovaScotia-MP-stub