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elections for house of assembly in 1882, Mr. McLam was nominated and elected with James R. McLean to represent the first dis- trict of Kings county. He supported the Sullivan government in the Legislature, the parties being divided in the proportion of sixteen to fourteen. In 1886 each district was contested and the subject and Charles S. MacEachern, of Bay Field, were nomi- nated against James R. McLean and Fred- erick Morrow, the subject and James R. Mc- Lean being elected. In 1900 these two gen- tlemen were re-elected by acclamation. In 1900 Mr. Sullivan, the premier, became chief justice and the Hon. Neil McLeod be- came leader of the Conservative party in the Island. In 1901 Mr. McLean, of this sketch, Senator Ferguson and Patrick Blake resigned their seats in the local House to run for the Dominion Parliament. Austin McDonald and the subject opposing Ex- Governor McIntyre and Senator James E. Robinson for Kings county, and being elect- ed by substantial majorities. In July, 1891, Mr. McLean made his maiden speech on the question of the tunnel crossing the straits of Northumberland, this being the first in- troduction of the question into the House. The question was heartily supported by all the members from Prince Edward Island and other neighbouring provinces and in the opinion of Mr. McLean and other well in- formed gentlemen, this tunnel will fully justify the expenditure of the fifteen million dollars which it will cost, and will undoubt- edly be completed before many years. In 1895, after the readjustment of the constitu- encies of Prince Edward Island in which Kings county became the smallest, only be- ing entitled to one member, the Conserva- tive convention at Cardigan Mr. McLean was nominated, but owing to the illness of

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his partner and the necessity of his giving up his full time to the business, he declined the honor thus offered. Austin McDonald at a later convention accepted the nomination and was returned over Ex-Governor Mc- Intyre. In 1904 the subject accepted the nomination ofiered by the Conservative party, being put in nomination by his late colleague. Austin McDonald. but at this election his opponent. Mr. Hughes. was re- turned by a majority of only fifty-one votes. Mr. McLean has been very ac- tive since entering the field and locally has served on the school board for about twenty years and also as a member of mu- nicipal committees. Since 1877 he has served as justice of the peace for Kings county. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity and is Past Master of the Mason- ic Lodge at Souris. He belongs to the Pres- byterian church of which he is a trustee.

'Mr. McLean married in Charlottetown Miss Matilda Jane Jury, daughter of \Vil- liam Jury, a merchant of Charlottetown and to them have been born three children: Harry D., who is engaged with his father as bookkeeper; Renna Maud, who is at home; and Roy C., who is also connected with his father in business.

REV. DANIEL MAC LEAN, of Mount Herbert, was born on the old homestead in Lot 48, Queens county, on September 21, 1848. His paternal grandfather, Donald Mac Lean, who was a native of Colonsay, Scotland, came to Prince Edward Island in 1806, living on the farm where the subject now resides. He taught school for many years and then took up farming, which he continuedduring the remainder of his life.