Robert A. MacLellan

For other people named Robert MacLellan, see Robert MacLellan (disambiguation).

Robert A. MacLellan
MLA for Hants County
In office
1945–1949
Preceded byAlexander Stirling MacMillan
Succeeded byriding dissolved
Personal details
Born(1882-01-29)January 29, 1882
Goldboro, Nova Scotia
DiedMarch 17, 1968(1968-03-17) (aged 86)
Windsor, Nova Scotia
Political partyNova Scotia Liberal Party
ResidenceRawdon Gold Mines, Nova Scotia
Occupationphysician, surgeon

Robert Augustus MacLellan (January 29, 1882 – March 17, 1968) was a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Hants in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1945 to 1949. He was a member of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party.[1]

MacLellan was born in 1882 at Goldboro, Guysborough County, Nova Scotia.[2] He was educated at Dalhousie University, and was a physician and surgeon by career.[2] He married Lydia J. Poe in 1910, and then Elsie B. (Wallace) Clark in 1943.[2] MacLellan served on the East Hants Municipal School Board.[2] He entered provincial politics in the 1945 election, winning the Hants County riding.[3] In the 1949 election, MacLellan was defeated by 28 votes in the newly established Hants East riding by Progressive Conservative Ernest M. Ettinger.[4] MacLellan died at Windsor, Nova Scotia on March 17, 1968.[2]

  1. ^ "Electoral History for Hants County" (PDF). Nova Scotia Legislative Library. Retrieved 2015-05-07.
  2. ^ a b c d e Elliott, Shirley B. (1984). The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia, 1758–1983 : a biographical directory. Public Archives of Nova Scotia. p. 144. ISBN 0-88871-050-X. Retrieved 2018-05-15.
  3. ^ "Election Returns 1945" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved 2015-05-07.
  4. ^ "Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1949" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. 1949. p. 40. Retrieved May 7, 2015.