George McLean (Canadian politician)

George McLean
Member of Parliament
for Simcoe East
In office
October 1935 – April 1945
Preceded byAlfred Burke Thompson
Succeeded byWilliam Alfred Robinson
Personal details
Born
George Alexander McLean

(1885-05-23)23 May 1885
Mara Township, Ontario
Died31 October 1975(1975-10-31) (aged 90)
Orillia, Ontario
Political partyLiberal
Spouse(s)Edith Newport
m. 24 September 1919[1]
ProfessionInsurance agent, real estate broker

George Alexander McLean (23 May 1885 – 31 October 1975) was a Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Mara Township, Ontario, and became an insurance agent and real estate broker by career.

McLean attended Orillia Collegiate, then attained a Bachelor of Arts at the University of Toronto. He served in World War I with the Canadian Expeditionary Force, 19th Battalion. He also served with the 21st Battalion (2nd Tyneside Scottish), Northumberland Fusiliers, achieving the rank of captain. In 1917, he sustained major injuries in battle.[1]

From 1921 to 1924, McLean was a municipal councillor of Orillia, and from then the city's mayor until 1925.[1]

He was first elected to Parliament at the Simcoe East riding in the 1935 general election after an unsuccessful campaign there in 1930. He was re-elected in 1940 and served a full second term and left federal politics at the 1945 election.

He died at Soldier's Memorial Hospital in Orillia in 1975.[2]

1930 Canadian federal election: Simcoe East
Party Candidate Votes
  Conservative Alfred Burke Thompson 7,974
  Liberal George McLean 7,629
1935 Canadian federal election: Simcoe East
Party Candidate Votes
  Liberal George McLean 8,219
  Conservative John S. Drinkwater 5,529
Reconstruction Wilbur Merton Cramp 1,222
  Co-operative Commonwealth Frank Tissington 1,191
  Independent Donald Athenies MacNab 123
1940 Canadian federal election: Simcoe East
Party Candidate Votes
  Liberal George McLean 8,470
  National Government Oliver Hereford Smith 7,024
  1. ^ a b c Normandin, A. L. (1941). The Canadian Parliamentary Guide.
  2. ^ The Globe and Mail, 3 November 1975, pg. 39