Archibald McLelan

The Honourable
Archibald McLelan
PC
The Honourable Archibald McLelan PC
	The Hon. Archibald McLelan
6th Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia
	In office; 9 July 1888 – 26 June 1890
Monarch	Victoria
Governor General	The Lord Stanley of Preston
Premier	William S. Fielding
Preceded by	Matthew Henry Richey
Succeeded by	Malachy Bowes Daly
Personal details
Born	Archibald Woodbury McLelan; 20 December 1824; Londonderry, Nova Scotia, Canada
Died	26 June 1890 (aged 65); Halifax, Nova Scotia
Political party	Anti-Confederate; Liberal-Conservative
Spouse	Caroline Metzler (m. 1842)
Relations	Gloud Wilson McLelan (father)
Alma mater	Mount Allison University
Occupation	lumber merchant and shipbuilder
Profession	Politician
Cabinet	Presidents of the Privy Council (1881–1882) ; Ministers of Marine and Fisheries (1882–1885) ; Minister of Finance (1885–1887) ; Postmaster General (1887–1888)

Archibald Woodbury McLelan PC (20 December 1824 – 26 June 1890) was a Canadian shipbuilder and politician, the sixth Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia.

McLelan was born in Londonderry, Nova Scotia, the son of member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly member Gloud Wilson McLelan. 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.

Strongly opposed to confederation with Canada, McLelan was elected as the first federal member of parliament for Colchester as an Anti-Confederate.

He reconciled himself to Confederation and was summoned to the Senate of Canada in 1869 where he sat as a Liberal-Conservative.

He resigned from the Upper House to run again for the House of Commons of Canada in an 1881 by-election and was returned to parliament as a Conservative.

McLelan served from 10 December 1885–26 January 1887 as the Minister of Finance in the second administration of Sir John A. Macdonald.

In 1842, he married Caroline Metzler. McLelan died in Halifax at the age of 65.

Electoral record

v t e 1867 Canadian federal election: Colchester
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Anti-Confederation	Archibald McLelan	1,649
	Liberal–Conservative	Adams George Archibald	1,289
Source: Canadian Elections Database^[1]

v t e 1872 Canadian federal election: Colchester
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Frederick M. Pearson	1,634
	Unknown	J.F. Blanchard	1,209
Source: Canadian Elections Database^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 18 June 1881 On Thomas McKay's resignation in June 1881
	Conservative	Archibald McLelan	1,802
	Independent	Charles N. Cummings	1,374

v t e 1882 Canadian federal election: Colchester
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Archibald McLelan	1,887
	Unknown	F.A. Laurence	1,452

v t e 1887 Canadian federal election: Colchester
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Archibald McLelan	2,446
	Liberal	Samuel David McLelland	1,819

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 27 October 1887 On Mr. McLelan being un-seated for bribery by agents
	Conservative	Archibald McLelan	2,137
	Liberal	Samuel David McLelland	1,511

References

"Archibald McLelan". Dictionary of Canadian Biography (online ed.). University of Toronto Press. 1979–2016.
Archibald McLelan – Parliament of Canada biography

Parliament of Canada
Preceded by None	Member of Parliament for Colchester 1867–1869	Succeeded by Adams George Archibald
Preceded by Thomas McKay	Member of Parliament for Colchester 1881–1888	Succeeded by Adams George Archibald

^ Sayers, Anthony M. "1867 Federal Election". Canadian Elections Database. Archived from the original on 22 January 2024.
^ Sayers, Anthony M. "1872 Federal Election". Canadian Elections Database. Archived from the original on 3 February 2024.

[1] Sayers, Anthony M. "1867 Federal Election". Canadian Elections Database. Archived from the original on 22 January 2024.

[2] Sayers, Anthony M. "1872 Federal Election". Canadian Elections Database. Archived from the original on 3 February 2024.

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v t e Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia
List of lieutenant governors of Nova Scotia
Governors at Annapolis Royal (1710–1749)	Vetch Hobby Caulfeild Nicholson Caulfeild Vetch Caulfeild Philipps Doucett Armstrong Cosby Mascarene
Governors at Halifax (1749–1786)	Cornwallis Hopson Lawrence Ellis Belcher Wilmot W. Campbell Green Francklin Legge Francklin Arbuthnot Hughes Hamond Parr Fanning
Lieutenant-governors of Cape Breton Island (1784–1820)	Desbarres Macarmick Mathews Ogilvie Murray Despard Nepean Swayne Ainslie
Lieutenant-governors of Nova Scotia before responsible government (1786–1848)	Parr Bulkeley Wentworth Prévost (Croke) Sherbrooke Smyth Dalhousie Kempt Jeffrey Maitland Jeffrey C. Campbell Falkland Dickson Harvey
Lieutenant-governors between responsible government and Confederation (1848–1867)	Harvey Bazalgette Le Marchant Phipps Doyle MacDonnell Doyle Williams
Post-Confederation (1867–present)	Williams Doyle Howe Archibald Richey McLelan Daly Jones D. Fraser McGregor MacKeen M. Grant Douglas Tory Stanfield Covert Irwin Mathers Kendall McCurdy A. Fraser Plow MacKeen Oland Gosse Shaffner Abraham Crouse Kinley Freeman Francis J. Grant LeBlanc Savage (designate)
Lieutenant-governors who served in the absence of governors are listed in parentheses. Acting administrators are listed in italics.

v t e Ministers of Fisheries and Oceans
Ministers of Marine and Fisheries (1867–1930)¹	Mitchell Smith Pope McLelan Foster Tupper Costigan Davies Sutherland Préfontaine Laurier (acting) Brodeur Lemieux Hazen Ballantyne Lapointe Cardin Black (acting) Patenaude (acting) Cardin (acting)
Ministers of Fisheries (1930–69)	Macmillan Rhodes Duranleau (acting) Stirling (acting) Ernst Michaud Bertrand Bridges Bertrand (acting) Gregg MacKinnon Mayhew Sinclair MacLean Robichaud Davis
Minister of Fisheries and Forestry (1969–71)	Davis
Ministers of the Environment (1971–76)²	Davis Sauvé R. LeBlanc (acting) Marchand R. LeBlanc
Ministers of State (Fisheries) (1974–76)	R. LeBlanc
Minister of Fisheries and the Environment (1976–79)	R. LeBlanc
Ministers of Fisheries and Oceans (1979–2015)	R. LeBlanc McGrath R. LeBlanc de Bané Breau Fraser Nielsen Siddon Valcourt Crosbie Reid Tobin Dingwall (acting) Mifflin Anderson Dhaliwal Thibault Regan Hearn Shea Ashfield Shea
Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard (2015–)	Tootoo D. LeBlanc Wilkinson Jordan Murray Lebouthillier
¹The office of Minister of Marine and Fisheries was abolished and the offices of Minister of Fisheries and Minister of Marine were created in 1930. The Minister of Marine office was a precursor to the Minister of Transport. ²From 1971 to 1976 the Minister of the Environment was also the Minister of Fisheries.