# Angus MacLean

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{{Short description|Canadian politician}}
{{distinguish|Angus MacLean (British Columbia politician)}}
{{for|people with a similar name|Angus McLean (disambiguation)}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific_prefix    = [The Honourable](/source/The_Honourable)
| name                = Angus MacLean
| honorific_suffix    = {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|PC|OC|DFC}}
| image               = Angus MacLean 1980 (cropped).jpg
| caption             = MacLean, {{circa|1980}}
| order               = 25th [Premier of Prince Edward Island](/source/Premier_of_Prince_Edward_Island)
| term_start          = May 3, 1979
| term_end            = November 17, 1981
| monarch             = [Elizabeth II](/source/Elizabeth_II)
| lieutenant_governor = [Gordon L. Bennett](/source/Gordon_Lockhart_Bennett)<br />[Joseph Aubin Doiron](/source/Joseph_Aubin_Doiron)
| predecessor         = [W. Bennett Campbell](/source/Bennett_Campbell)
| successor           = [James Lee](/source/James_Lee_(Canadian_politician))
| riding4             = [Queen's](/source/Queen's_(Prince_Edward_Island_federal_electoral_district))
| parliament4         = Canadian
| term_start4         = June 25, 1951
| term_end4           = June 25, 1968
| predecessor4        = [James Lester Douglas](/source/James_Lester_Douglas)
| successor4          = ''District abolished''
| riding3             = [Malpeque](/source/Malpeque_(electoral_district))
| parliament3         = Canadian
| term_start3         = June 25, 1968
| term_end3           = October 20, 1976
| predecessor3        = ''District created''
| successor3          = [Don Wood](/source/Donald_Wood)
| office2             = Leader of the [Progressive Conservative Party of Prince Edward Island](/source/Progressive_Conservative_Party_of_Prince_Edward_Island)
| term_start2         = September 25, 1976
| term_end2           = November 7, 1981
| predecessor2        = [Lloyd MacPhail](/source/Lloyd_MacPhail) <small>(interim)</small>
| successor2          = James Lee
| office1             = [MLA](/source/Legislative_Assembly_of_Prince_Edward_Island) (Assemblyman) for [4th Queens](/source/4th_Queens)
| predecessor1        = Vernon MacIntyre
| successor1          = [Wilbur MacDonald](/source/Wilbur_MacDonald)
| term_start1         = November 8, 1976
| term_end1           = September 27, 1982
| birth_name          = John Angus MacLean
| birth_date          = {{birth date|1914|5|15}}
| birth_place         = [Lewes](/source/Lot_60%2C_Prince_Edward_Island), Prince Edward Island
| death_date          = {{death date and age|2000|2|15|1914|5|15}}
| death_place         = [Charlottetown](/source/Charlottetown), Prince Edward Island
| spouse              = {{marriage|Gwendolyn Esther Burwash|1952}}
| party               = [Progressive Conservative](/source/Progressive_Conservative_Party_of_Canada)
| other_party         = [Progressive Conservative Party of Prince Edward Island](/source/Progressive_Conservative_Party_of_Prince_Edward_Island)
| relation            =
| children            = 4
| alma_mater          = [Mount Allison University](/source/Mount_Allison_University)<br />[University of British Columbia](/source/University_of_British_Columbia)
| cabinet             = '''Federal''':<br />[Ministers of Fisheries](/source/Minister_of_Fisheries_and_Oceans_(Canada)) (1957–1963) <br />[Postmaster General](/source/Postmaster_General_of_Canada) (acting) (1962–1963)
'''Provincial''':<br />Minister Responsible for Cultural Affairs (1979–1980) 
}}

'''John Angus MacLean'''  {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|PC|OC|DFC}} (May 15, 1914 &ndash; February 15, 2000) was a politician and farmer in [Prince Edward Island](/source/Prince_Edward_Island), Canada.

He was an alumnus of both [Mount Allison University](/source/Mount_Allison_University) and the [University of British Columbia](/source/University_of_British_Columbia) with degrees in science. MacLean left farming to enlist in the [Royal Canadian Air Force](/source/Royal_Canadian_Air_Force) during [World War II](/source/World_War_II), serving from 1939 to 1947 and achieving the rank of [Wing Commander](/source/Wing_Commander_(rank)).

MacLean's bomber was shot down, and he evaded capture in [Nazi](/source/Nazism)-occupied Europe with the help of the [Belgian escape-line](/source/Comet_line) Comète with [Andrée De Jongh](/source/Andr%C3%A9e_De_Jongh).

MacLean returned to Prince Edward Island after the war, and ran for a [seat](/source/Legislative_seat) in the [House of Commons of Canada](/source/House_of_Commons_of_Canada) as a [Progressive Conservative Party of Canada](/source/Progressive_Conservative_Party_of_Canada) candidate, but was defeated in the [1945](/source/1945_Canadian_federal_election) and [1949 federal elections](/source/1949_Canadian_federal_election).

He was first elected to [Parliament](/source/Parliament_of_Canada) in a 1951 by-election and held his [seat](/source/Legislative_seat) continuously until he left federal politics in 1976. MacLean served in the [cabinet](/source/Cabinet_of_Canada) of [Prime Minister](/source/Prime_Minister_of_Canada) [John Diefenbaker](/source/John_Diefenbaker) as [Minister of Fisheries](/source/Minister_of_Fisheries_and_Oceans_(Canada)) from 1957 until the government's defeat in the [1963 election](/source/1963_Canadian_federal_election).

In 1976, MacLean was persuaded to leave federal politics and take the leadership of the [Progressive Conservative Party of Prince Edward Island](/source/Progressive_Conservative_Party_of_Prince_Edward_Island) which had languished in [opposition](/source/Opposition_(parliamentary)) for a decade.<ref>{{cite news|title=MacLean quits after 25 years|work=The Globe and Mail|date=25 October 1976}}</ref> On 8 November 1976, MacLean was elected to the provincial legislature in a by-election.<ref>{{cite news|title=Tories capture 3 of 4 seats in PEI voting|work=The Globe and Mail|date=9 November 1976}}</ref> MacLean led the party to victory in 1979,<ref>{{cite news|title=PEI Tory win costs Liberals last province|work=The Globe and Mail|date=24 April 1979}}</ref> and formed a government that emphasized rural community life, banned new shopping malls and instituted a Royal Commission to examine land use and sprawl. His government cancelled the province's participation in the [Point Lepreau Nuclear Generating Station](/source/Point_Lepreau_Nuclear_Generating_Station) in [New Brunswick](/source/New_Brunswick).

On 17 August 1981, MacLean announced his intention to resign as premier upon electing a new party leader.<ref>{{cite news|title=PEI leader since '79, MacLean announces plans to step down|work=The Globe and Mail|date=18 August 1981}}</ref> MacLean retired as premier on 17 November 1981,<ref>{{cite news|title=James Lee sworn in as Premier of PEI|work=The Globe and Mail|date=18 November 1981}}</ref> when James Lee was sworn-in as his successor and did not run in the 1982 provincial election. He returned to the family farm that he redeveloped for low-intensity [blueberry](/source/blueberry) farming.  A respected steward of the land and of rural communities, MacLean was a committed [Presbyterian](/source/Presbyterian) of [Scottish](/source/Scottish_people) descent.  In 1991, he was made an Officer of the [Order of Canada](/source/Order_of_Canada).

He died in Charlottetown on February 15, 2000.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/former-premier-angus-maclean-dies-1.228451|title=Former premier Angus MacLean dies|work=CBC News|date=15 February 2000|access-date=2014-09-23}}</ref>

== Electoral record ==
{{1974 Canadian federal election/Malpeque}}
{{1972 Canadian federal election/Malpeque}}
{{1968 Canadian federal election/Malpeque}}

==References==
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==External links==
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* {{Canadian Parliament links|ID=5845}}

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Category:Canadian people of Scottish descent
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Category:Progressive Conservative Party of Prince Edward Island leaders
Category:20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island
Category:20th-century members of the House of Commons of Canada

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