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| death_place = [[Moncton, New Brunswick]] |
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| spouse = Anna Reid |
| spouse = {{marriage|Anna Reid|1876}}<ref>{{cite web|last=The Maple Leaf|title=Daniel F Johnson's New Brunswick Newspaper Vital Statistics|url=http://archives.gnb.ca/Search/NewspaperVitalStats/Details.aspx?culture=en-CA&guid=a7f086c2-797f-4de1-bf22-7501674e367e|work=|publisher=Province of New Brunswick|accessdate=19 December 2012|date=December 21, 1893}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 13:51, 17 April 2013
The Hon. Abner Reid McClelan | |
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| 10th Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick | |
| In office 1896–1902 | |
| Monarchs | Victoria Edward VII |
| Preceded by | John James Fraser |
| Succeeded by | Jabez Bunting Snowball |
| Senator for New Brunswick, New Brunswick | |
| In office 1867–1896 | |
| Nominated by | John A. Macdonald |
| Appointed by | Royal Proclamation |
| Personal details | |
| Born | January 4, 1831 Riverside-Albert, New Brunswick |
| Died | January 30, 1917 (aged 86) Moncton, New Brunswick |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Spouse |
Anna Reid (m. 1876) |
Abner Reid McClelan (January 4, 1831 – January 30, 1917) was a Canadian senator and the tenth Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick.
Born in Riverside-Albert, New Brunswick, the son of Peter McClelan and Lucy (Robinson) McLelan, he was educated at Mount Allison Wesleyan Academy in Sackville, (now Mount Allison University). He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick in 1854 and served until confederation in 1867 when he was called to the Senate of Canada for the senatorial division of New Brunswick. A Liberal, he resigned in 1896 when he was appointed Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick. He served until 1902. McClelan died in Moncton, New Brunswick in 1917.
References
- ^ The Maple Leaf (December 21, 1893). "Daniel F Johnson's New Brunswick Newspaper Vital Statistics". Province of New Brunswick. Retrieved 19 December 2012.
- Abner Reid McClelan – Parliament of Canada biography
- A cyclopaedia of Canadian biography, Volume 2. Toronto Rose Pub. Co. 1888. p. 349.
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