Matthew MacLean

Matthew MacLean was a Liberal party member of the House of [Commons of Canada]. He was born in Sydney [Mines, Nova Scotia].
MacLean studied at Dalhousie Law School after graduating from high school in Sydney Mines. He became an insurance agent and notary during his career, and was a judge in Sydney Mines for more than 20 years.
He was first elected to Parliament at the Cape Breton [North and Victoria] riding in a by-election on 18 October 1937. MacLean was re-elected to full terms in 1940 [Canadian federal election|1940], 1945 and 1949. MacLean died on 7 April 1953 in Ottawa after an unspecified operation, just months before the 1953 election.