William Findlay Maclean

William Findlay Maclean
Member of Parliament for York South
In office 1904–1926
Preceded by	New riding (1903)
Succeeded by	Robert Henry McGregor
Member of Parliament for York East
In office 1892–1904
Preceded by	Alexander Mackenzie
Succeeded by	Riding abolished (1903)
Personal details
Born	August 10, 1854 Ancaster, Wentworth County, Ontario
Died	December 7, 1929 (aged 75) Toronto, Ontario
Political party	Conservative (1892-1900) Unionist (1918-21)
Profession	Journalist

William Findlay Maclean (August 10, 1854 – December 7, 1929) was a Canadian politician.

Born in Ancaster, Wentworth County, Ontario, the son of John Maclean and Isabella Findlay, he was educated at the Hamilton Public School and the University of Toronto. A journalist, he established The Toronto World in 1880.

He ran unsuccessfully in North Wentworth for the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the general elections of 1890, and in York East for the Canadian House of Commons in the general elections of 1891. He was first elected to the House of Commons in an 1892 by-election for the riding of York East after the death of the sitting MP and former Prime Minister, Alexander Mackenzie.

A Conservative, he would be re-elected 8 more times serving for 34 years for York East and York South until being defeated in 1926.^[1] Beginning in the 1900 federal election, Maclean stood as an "Independent Conservative" with the exception of 1917 election when he was elected as a Unionist.^[2]

References

1. The Canadian Parliament: Biographical Sketches and Photo-Engravures of the Senators and Members of the House of Commons of Canada. Montreal: The Perrault Printing Co. 1906. p. 208. Retrieved 2007-05-20.
2. Synopsis of federal political experience from the Library of Parliament

External links

• "William Findlay Maclean". Dictionary of Canadian Biography (online ed.). University of Toronto Press. 1979–2016.
• William Findlay Maclean – Parliament of Canada biography