Robert A. MacLellan
| Robert A. MacLellan | |
|---|---|
| MLA for Hants County | |
|
In office 1945–1949 | |
| Preceded by | Alexander Stirling MacMillan |
| Succeeded by | riding dissolved |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
January 29, 1882 Goldboro, Nova Scotia |
| Died |
March 17, 1968 (aged 86) Windsor, Nova Scotia |
| Political party | Nova Scotia Liberal Party |
| Residence | Rawdon Gold Mines, Nova Scotia |
| Occupation | physician, 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]
References
- ↑ "Electoral History for Hants County" (PDF). Nova Scotia Legislative Library. Retrieved 2015-05-07.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Elliott, Shirley B. (1984). The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia, 1758–1983 : a biographical directory (PDF). Public Archives of Nova Scotia. p. 144. ISBN 0-88871-050-X. Retrieved 2015-05-07.
- ↑ "Election Returns 1945" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved 2015-05-07.
- ↑ "Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1949" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. 1949. p. 40. Retrieved 2015-05-07.