Allan Marcus Atkinson McLean (September 27, 1891 – April 27, 1969) was a Canadian businessman who co-managed Connors Brothers Limited, a New Brunswick based fish processing business, and a politician who served as a member of the House of Commons of Canada.[1]

A. M. A. McLean
Member of Parliament
for Charlotte
In office
June 18, 1962 – June 24, 1968
Preceded byCaldwell Stewart
Succeeded byRiding dissolved
Personal details
Born
Allan Marcus Atkinson McLean

(1891-09-27)September 27, 1891
Bristol, New Brunswick, Canada
DiedApril 27, 1969(1969-04-27) (aged 77)
Miami, Florida, U.S.
Political partyLiberal
SpouseMary Margaret Foley (d.1967)
Children3
RelativesA. Neil McLean (brother)
Donald McLean (cousin)
Profession
  • Manufacturer
  • Industrialist

Biography

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Born in Bristol, New Brunswick, the third of four children, he is a descendant of Dutch United Empire Loyalists on his mother's side, and Scots émigrés to Cape Breton Island on his father's side. In 1923, McLean, along with elder brother Neil, took control of the Connors Bros. fish processing business that had been founded in Blacks Harbour, New Brunswick by Lewis and Patrick Connors in 1894.[2]

Much of the McLean brothers' lives were spent developing the fishing industry centered around New Brunswick's Passamaquoddy Bay in southwestern New Brunswick. Largely focused on canning herring, Connors Brothers also served the northeastern United States' Roman Catholic 'fish on Friday' market by shipping haddock and pollock to New England markets. Connors Brothers was sold to the George Weston Limited conglomerate headquartered in Toronto in approximately 1966 as Neil and Allan McLean approached 80 years of age.

Both McLean brothers were active in politics. Neil McLean (1885–1967) served as president of the New Brunswick Liberal Party for many years and then as a member of the Senate of Canada. Allan McLean ran for election to the House of Commons of Canada in 1961 in the riding of Charlotte County, New Brunswick, was elected and re-elected twice until retiring in 1968. He died of a heart attack in Florida in 1969.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Allan M.A. McLean – Parliament of Canada biography
  2. ^ Memories of West Isles Life Archived 2006-06-23 at the Wayback Machine, unknown (accessed 15 January 2007)
  3. ^ "Former Charlotte M.P. A.M.A. McLean Dies In Florida", The Saint John Telegraph-Journal, April 28, 1969