# Fraser MacLean

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{{Short description|Canadian politician}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox officeholder
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| name         = D. Fraser MacLean
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| birth_date   = {{birth date and age|1937|12|18}}
| birth_place  = [New Glasgow, Nova Scotia](/source/New_Glasgow%2C_Nova_Scotia)
| death_date   = 
| death_place  = 
| office1      = [MLA](/source/Nova_Scotia_House_of_Assembly) for [Pictou Centre](/source/Pictou_Centre)
| term_start1  = 1974
| term_end1    = 1976
| predecessor1 = [Ralph F. Fiske](/source/Ralph_F._Fiske)
| successor1   = [Jack MacIsaac](/source/Jack_MacIsaac)
| office2      = 
| term_start2  = 
| term_end2    = 
| predecessor2 = 
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| party        = [Progressive Conservative](/source/Progressive_Conservative_Association_of_Nova_Scotia)
| occupation   = Businessman 
}}
'''Donald Fraser MacLean''' (born December 18, 1937) was a Canadian politician. He represented the [electoral district](/source/Electoral_district_(Canada)) of [Pictou Centre](/source/Pictou_Centre) in the [Nova Scotia House of Assembly](/source/Nova_Scotia_House_of_Assembly) from 1974 to 1976. He was a member of the [Nova Scotia Progressive Conservative Party](/source/Progressive_Conservative_Association_of_Nova_Scotia).<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](/source/New_Glasgow%2C_Nova_Scotia). He was educated at [St. Francis Xavier University](/source/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](/source/1974_Nova_Scotia_general_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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Category:People from New Glasgow, Nova Scotia
Category:St. Francis Xavier University alumni
Category:20th-century members of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly

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