Ann MacLean
{{short description|Canadian politician, mental health therapist}}
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| name = Ann MacLean
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| birth_place = New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, Canada
| spouse(s) = Russell MacLellan
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| education = B.A., M.A., social work, Dalhousie University
| years_active = 1991–2008 (mayor)
2004-2005 (president of the national Board of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities)
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Ann MacLean {{post-nominal|country=CAN|ONS}} is a Canadian politician, mental health therapist, and social worker. She was elected to Councillor of New Glasgow, Nova Scotia in 1985 and mayor in 1991. She was the first female Mayor in New Glasgow's history.
Early life and education
MacLean earned her Bachelor of Arts and master's degree in Social Work from Dalhousie University.{{cite web |title=Profile: Ann MacLean |url=http://gettingtothegate.com/vp.php?pid=6 |website=gettingtothegate.com |accessdate=November 17, 2019}}
Career
In 1976, MacLean founded the Metropolitan Mental Health Group Homes Association and later the Tearmann Society for Abused Women in 1984.{{cite news |last1=Munro |first1=Nicole |title=African Nova Scotian advocates, Brigadoon camp founder among Order of Nova Scotia recipients |url=https://www.thechronicleherald.ca/news/provincial/african-nova-scotian-advocates-brigadoon-camp-founder-among-order-of-nova-scotia-recipients-371032/ |accessdate=May 11, 2025 |publisher=The Chronicle Herald |date=November 1, 2019 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20191103232036/https://www.thechronicleherald.ca/news/provincial/african-nova-scotian-advocates-brigadoon-camp-founder-among-order-of-nova-scotia-recipients-371032/ |archivedate=November 3, 2019}} The following year, MacLean was elected to New Glasgow, Nova Scotia's Town Council, before running for mayor. In 1991, she became the first female in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia's history to be elected mayor.{{cite web |title=Celebrating Ann MacLean |url=https://pictouadvocate.com/2019/11/01/celebrating-ann-maclean/ |website=pictouadvocate.com |accessdate=May 11, 2025 |date=November 1, 2019 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20191102171306/https://pictouadvocate.com/2019/11/01/celebrating-ann-maclean/ |archivedate=November 2, 2019}}
From 2004 until 2005, while serving as mayor, MacLean was appointed president of the national Board of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities. During her term as president, she worked with mayor Anna Allen to encourage more woman to join political offices.{{cite book |author1=Linda Trimble |author2=Manon Tremblay |author3=Jane Arscott |title=Stalled: The Representation of Women in Canadian Governments |date=May 31, 2013 |publisher=UBC Press |isbn=9780774825238 |page=135 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5NJTCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT135 |accessdate=November 17, 2019}} She also began to develop women's shelters, which was a taboo topic at the time.{{cite web |author1=Nicole Watkins Campbell |title=Status of Women |url=http://www.newglasgow.ca/index.php/2-uncategorised/59-ann-maclean-local-leadership-shared-with-the-world |website=newglasgow.ca |accessdate=November 17, 2019 |date=January 15, 2007}} After being re-elected mayor in 2004, MacLean decided to leave politics in 2008. Upon her retirement, she became the longest-serving mayor in New Glasgow's history of New Glasgow.{{cite web |title=Former mayor Ann MacLean to speak at Engage and Empower session |url=https://www.ngnews.ca/news/local/former-mayor-ann-maclean-to-speak-at-engage-and-empower-session-82245/ |website=ngnews.ca |accessdate=November 17, 2019 |date=May 12, 2017}} The next year, the Federation of Canadian of Municipalities created The Ann MacLean Award for Outstanding Service by a Woman in Municipal Politics to honour her achievements.{{cite web |title=Key is to do your part |url=https://www.ngnews.ca/news/local/key-is-to-do-your-part-79175/ |website=ngnews.ca |accessdate=November 17, 2019 |date=July 17, 2015}}
In 2013, MacLean chaired the Pictou County United Way's Leaders of the Way Campaign and was later named to the Halifax International Airport Authority board of directors. In 2019, MacLean was the recipient of the Order of Nova Scotia.{{cite web |last1=Al-Hakim |first1=Aya |title=5 people to receive Order of Nova Scotia in 2019 |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/6112205/order-of-nova-scotia-2019/ |website=globalnews.ca |accessdate=November 17, 2019 |date=November 1, 2019}}
References
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External links
- [https://fcm.ca/en/about-fcm/awards/ann-maclean-award Ann MacLean Award]
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Category:People from New Glasgow, Nova Scotia
Category:Politicians from Pictou County
Category:20th-century Canadian women politicians
Category:21st-century Canadian women politicians
Category:Nova Scotia municipal councillors
Category:20th-century mayors of places in Nova Scotia
Category:21st-century mayors of places in Nova Scotia
Category:Dalhousie University alumni
Category:Members of the Order of Nova Scotia