{{Short description|Canadian politician}} {{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder | image = | name = D. Fraser MacLean | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1937|12|18}} | birth_place = New Glasgow, Nova Scotia | death_date = | death_place = | office1 = MLA for Pictou Centre | term_start1 = 1974 | term_end1 = 1976 | predecessor1 = Ralph F. Fiske | successor1 = Jack MacIsaac | office2 = | term_start2 = | term_end2 = | predecessor2 = | successor2 = | party = Progressive Conservative | occupation = Businessman }} '''Donald Fraser MacLean''' (born December 18, 1937) was a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Pictou Centre in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1974 to 1976. He was a member of the Nova Scotia Progressive Conservative Party.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nslegislature.ca/sites/default/files/constituencies/pdfs/pictou%20centre.pdf|title=Electoral History for Pictou Centre|work=Nova Scotia Legislative Library|accessdate=2018-04-03|archive-date=2018-04-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180404073224/https://nslegislature.ca/sites/default/files/constituencies/pdfs/pictou%20centre.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
MacLean was born in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia. He was educated at St. Francis Xavier University and was a businessman. In 1957, he was married to Virginia Allan Brooks.<ref name="bio directory">{{cite book|last1=Elliott|first1=Shirley B.|author-link1=Shirley Elliott|title=The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia, 1758–1983 : a biographical directory|url=https://archive.org/details/legislativeassem0000unse|accessdate=2018-04-03|year=1984|publisher=Public Archives of Nova Scotia|isbn=0-88871-050-X|page=|url-access=registration}}</ref> MacLean entered provincial politics in the 1974 election, when he defeated his Liberal opponent by 146 votes in Pictou Centre.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201974.pdf|title=Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1974|publisher=Elections Nova Scotia|year=1974|page=103|accessdate=2014-11-18|archive-date=2014-09-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140910195724/http://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201974.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> MacLean resigned as MLA in 1976 for business reasons.<ref>{{cite news|title=Tories keep Pictou seat in N.S. vote|work=The Globe and Mail|date=September 7, 1977}}</ref>
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