Abner Reid McClelan (January 4, 1831 – January 30, 1917) was a Canadian senator and the tenth Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick.
Abner Reid McClelan | |
|---|---|
 McClelan in 1879 | |
| 10th Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick | |
| In office December 9, 1896 – January 21, 1902 | |
| Monarchs | Victoria Edward VII |
| Governors General | The Earl of Aberdeen The Earl of Minto |
| Premier | James Mitchell Henry Emmerson Lemuel J. Tweedie |
| Preceded by | John James Fraser |
| Succeeded by | Jabez Bunting Snowball |
| Senator for New Brunswick, New Brunswick | |
| In office 1867–1896 | |
| Nominated by | John A. Macdonald |
| Appointed by | Royal Proclamation |
| Personal details | |
| Born | January 4, 1831 Riverside-Albert, New Brunswick |
| Died | January 30, 1917 (aged 86) Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Spouse |
Anna Reid (m. 1876) |
Born in Riverside-Albert, New Brunswick, the son of Peter McClelan and Lucy (Robinson) McLelan, he was educated at Mount Allison Wesleyan Academy in Sackville, (now Mount Allison University). He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick in 1854 and served until confederation in 1867 when he was called to the Senate of Canada for the senatorial division of New Brunswick. A Liberal, he resigned in 1896 when he was appointed Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick. He served until 1902. McClelan died in Moncton, New Brunswick in 1917.
References
edit- ^ The Maple Leaf (December 21, 1893). "Daniel F Johnson's New Brunswick Newspaper Vital Statistics". Province of New Brunswick. Retrieved 19 December 2012.
- Abner Reid McClelan – Parliament of Canada biography
- A cyclopaedia of Canadian biography, Volume 2. Toronto Rose Pub. Co. 1888. p. 349 – via Internet Archive.
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