Allan McLean (Australian politician)
Federal Minister for Trade and Customs | |
|---|---|
| In office 18 August 1904 – 5 July 1905 | |
| Prime Minister | George Reid |
| Preceded by | Andrew Fisher |
| Succeeded by | William Lyne |
| Member of the Australian House of Representatives | |
| In office 29 March 1901 – 12 December 1906 | |
| Preceded by | New Seat |
| Succeeded by | George Wise |
| Constituency | Gippsland |
| Member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly | |
| In office February 1880 – March 1901 | |
| Preceded by | Charles Gavan Duffy |
| Succeeded by | Hubert Keogh |
| Constituency | Gippsland North |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 3 February 1840 Oban, Argyll, Scotland |
| Died | 13 July 1911 (aged 71) Albert Park, Victoria, Australia |
| Political party | Protectionist |
| Spouses | Margaret Shinnick
(m. 1866–1884)Emily Macarthur (m. 1885) |
Allan McLean (3 February 1840 – 13 July 1911) was an Australian politician who served as the 19th Premier of Victoria, in office from 1899 to 1900. He was later elected to federal parliament, where he served as a government minister under George Reid.
McLean was born in
Early life
McLean was born in the highlands of
Victorian politics
McLean was elected to the
Federal politics
McLean was an opponent of
In March 1901, however, he was elected a member of the first Australian House of Representatives for the seat of Gippsland, and sat as a supporter of the Protectionist Party of Edmund Barton and Alfred Deakin. McLean belonged to the conservative wing of the party and opposed Deakin's increasingly warm alliance with the Labour Party.
In April 1904 Deakin resigned and the Labour leader,
This composite ministry was, however, not a success. It was constantly being assailed by the Labour Party and the radical Protectionist section of Deakin's followers, such as H. B. Higgins and Isaac Isaacs. It lasted for less than 11 months, and fell when Deakin withdrew his support. This episode caused great bitterness in the Protectionist ranks, and at the 1906 election McLean was opposed in Gippsland by a radical Protectionist, George Wise, who narrowly defeated McLean with Labour support.
Personal life
McLean, who had suffered for many years with a
References
- ^ a b c d "Allan McLean". Re-Member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Archived from the original on 23 April 2023. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
- Riverine Herald (Echuca, Vic. : Moama, NSW : 1869–1954). Echuca, Vic. 21 April 1938. p. 2. Retrieved 29 May 2014 – via Trove.
- Geoff Browne, A Biographical Register of the Victorian Parliament, 1900–84, Government Printer, Melbourne, 1985
- Don Garden, Victoria: A History, Thomas Nelson, Melbourne, 1984
- Kathleen Thompson and Geoffrey Serle, A Biographical Register of the Victorian Parliament, 1856–1900, Australian National University Press, Canberra, 1972
- Raymond Wright, A People's Counsel. A History of the Parliament of Victoria, 1856–1990, Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 1992
- Serle, Percival (1949). "McLean, Allan". Dictionary of Australian Biography. Sydney: Angus & Robertson. Retrieved 16 November 2008.
- The Argus and The Age, Melbourne, 14 July 1911;
- The Cyclopaedia of Victoria, 1903;
- H. G. Turner, The First Decade of the Australian Commonwealth;
- W. Murdoch, Alfred Deakin: A Sketch.
- Allan McLean at Maffra Heritage
- John Rickard, 'McLean, Allan (1840–1911)', MUP, 1986, pp 329–331.
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