Robert A. MacLellan

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]

Robert A. MacLellan
MLA for Hants County
In office
1945–1949
Preceded byAlexander Stirling MacMillan
Succeeded byriding dissolved
Personal details
Born(1882-01-29)January 29, 1882
Goldboro, Nova Scotia
DiedMarch 17, 1968(1968-03-17) (aged 86)
Windsor, Nova Scotia
Political partyNova Scotia Liberal Party
ResidenceRawdon Gold Mines, Nova Scotia
Occupationphysician, surgeon

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
  1. "Electoral History for Hants County" (PDF). Nova Scotia Legislative Library. Retrieved 2015-05-07.
  2. Elliott, Shirley B. (1984). The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia, 1758–1983 : a biographical directory. Public Archives of Nova Scotia. p. 144. ISBN 0-88871-050-X. Retrieved 2018-05-15.
  3. "Election Returns 1945" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved 2015-05-07.
  4. "Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1949" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. 1949. p. 40. Retrieved 2015-05-07.
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