Archibald Woodbury McLelan, PC

Queen's Privy Council for Canada

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 (20 December 1824 – 26 June 1890) was a Canadian shipbuilder and politician, the fifth Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia

Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia

The Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia is the viceregal representative in Nova Scotia of the Canadian monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, who operates distinctly within the province but is also shared equally with the ten other jurisdictions of Canada and resides predominantly in her oldest realm, the...

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McLelan was born in Londonderry, Nova Scotia

Londonderry, Nova Scotia

Londonderry is an unincorporated community located in Colchester County, Nova Scotia, Canada, formerly called Acadia Mines. A bustling iron ore mining and steel making town of some 5,000 in the late 19th century, the present population stands at around 200.-History:Londonderry saw the pouring of...

, the son of member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly

Nova Scotia House of Assembly

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 member Gloud Wilson McLelan

Gloud Wilson McLelan

Gloud Wilson McLelan was a businessman and politician in Nova Scotia. He represented Londonderry Township from 1836 to 1847 and Colchester County from 1851 to 1858 in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly....

. Archibald McLelan was educated in Great Village and joined his father's shipping and retail business. On his father's death in 1858 he succeeded him in the House of Assembly.

Although he strongly opposed confederation with Canada

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, McLelan was elected as the first federal member of parliament for Colchester

Colchester (electoral district)

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A Conservative

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, McLelan served from 10 December 1885–26 January 1887 as the Minister of Finance

Minister of Finance (Canada)

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 in the second administration of Sir John A. Macdonald

John A. Macdonald

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In 1842, he married Caroline Metzler. McLelan died in Halifax

City of Halifax

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at the age of 65.