# Walter McLean

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Canadian politician

Not to be confused with [Walter McLean (United States Navy officer)](/source/Walter_McLean_(United_States_Navy_officer)).

The Honourable Walter McLean PC Member of Parliament for Waterloo In office 1979–1993 Preceded by Max Saltsman Succeeded by Andrew Telegdi Personal details Born (1936-04-26) April 26, 1936 (age 90) Leamington, Ontario Party Progressive Conservative Spouse Barbara Profession Church minister

**Walter Franklin McLean**, [PC](/source/King's_Privy_Council_for_Canada) (born April 26, 1936) is a former [Canadian](/source/Canadians) politician.

Born in [Leamington, Ontario](/source/Leamington%2C_Ontario), he grew up in [Victoria](/source/Victoria_BC) [British Columbia](/source/British_Columbia), the son of James Walter Lewis McLean (1905–1998), a [Presbyterian](/source/Presbyterian_Church_in_Canada) minister, and Frances D. Blair McLean. He studied at the [University of British Columbia](/source/University_of_British_Columbia) and [Toronto](/source/Toronto)'s [Knox College](/source/Knox_College%2C_University_of_Toronto). Walter and his wife Barbara were designated as Presbyterian [missionaries](/source/Missionary); Walter was the first [CUSO](/source/CUSO) coordinator in [Nigeria](/source/Nigeria) in 1962.

Following the [civil war in Nigeria](/source/Nigerian_Civil_War), the McLeans returned to Canada, and settled in [Winnipeg](/source/Winnipeg), [Manitoba](/source/Manitoba), where Walter was involved in that province's 1970 Centennial Celebrations.

In 1971, the family moved to [Waterloo](/source/Waterloo%2C_Ontario), [Ontario](/source/Ontario), and Walter became the Minister of [Knox Church](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Knox_Presbyterian_Church_(Waterloo)&action=edit&redlink=1), and involved in local affairs. He was elected to the [House of Commons of Canada](/source/House_of_Commons_of_Canada) as a [Progressive Conservative](/source/Progressive_Conservative_Party_of_Canada) candidate in the [1979 federal election](/source/1979_Canadian_federal_election) in the riding of [Waterloo](/source/Waterloo_(federal_electoral_district)). He was re-elected in the [1980](/source/1980_Canadian_federal_election), [1984](/source/1984_Canadian_federal_election) and [1988 elections](/source/1988_Canadian_federal_election). He retired from politics in [1993](/source/1993_Canadian_federal_election).

From 1984 to 1985, he was [Secretary of State for Canada](/source/Secretary_of_State_for_Canada), and from 1985 to 1986, he was Minister of State (Immigration).

He has represented Canada as the Parliamentary Delegate to the [United Nations General Assembly](/source/United_Nations_General_Assembly), and as Special Representative for African and Commonwealth Affairs.

Within the Presbytrerian Church in Canada, he is now a "Minister in Association" with Knox Waterloo. He was co-ordinator of the "Celebrate 125" festivities in 1999–2000. He was rewarded with a [Doctor of Divinity](/source/Doctor_of_Divinity) degree from Knox College in 2002. His wife Barbara has also served in the Church as Presbytery Clerk in the Waterloo-Wellington [Presbytery](/source/Presbytery_(church_polity)), and in the national Church as Deputy Clerk of the Presbyterian Church in Canada's General Assembly from 1992 to 2003.

## Archives

There is a Walter McLean [fonds](/source/Fonds) at [Library and Archives Canada](/source/Library_and_Archives_Canada).[1]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Walter McLean fonds, Library and Archives Canada"](http://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.redirect?app=fonandcol&id=157859&lang=eng). Retrieved September 16, 2020.

## External links

- [Walter McLean – Parliament of Canada biography](https://lop.parl.ca/sites/ParlInfo/default/en_CA/People/Profile?personId=6875)

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v t e Secretaries of state for Canada Langevin Aikins Christie Scott Aikins O'Connor Mousseau Chapleau Patterson Costigan Dickey Montague Ouimet (acting) Daly (acting) Tupper Scott Murphy Roche Coderre Blondin Patenaude Sévigny (acting) Meighen Burrell Sifton Drayton (acting) Monty Copp Foster Murphy (acting) Lapointe Perley Rinfret Cahan Rinfret Lapointe Casgrain McLarty Martin Gibson Bradley Pickersgill Pinard Fairclough Courtemanche Balcer Dorion Balcer Halpenny Pickersgill Lamontagne LaMarsh Connolly Marchand Pelletier Faulkner Roberts MacDonald Fox Regan Joyal McLean B. Bouchard Crombie L. Bouchard Weiner de Cotret Landry1 1The department was eliminated in 1993 when the government was reorganized. The position of Secretary of State for Canada was not legally eliminated until 1996 when its remaining responsibilities were assigned to other cabinet positions and departments, particularly the newly created position of Minister of Canadian Heritage.

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