Francis McLean (politician)

{{Short description|Australian politician}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2019}}

{{Use Australian English|date=December 2015}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| honorific-prefix = The Honourable

| name = Francis McLean

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| image = Francis McLean.jpg

| constituency_MP = Lang

| parliament = Australian

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| predecessor = New seat

| successor = Elliot Johnson

| term_start = 29 March 1901

| term_end = 23 November 1903

| birth_date = 1863

| birth_place = Sydney

| death_date = {{BirthDeathAge| |1863| | |1926|4|4|yes}}

| death_place = Springwood, New South Wales, Australia

| nationality = Australian

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| party = Free Trade Party

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| occupation = Accountant

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Francis Edward McLean (1863 – 4 April 1926) was an Australian politician. Born in Sydney, he received a primary education before becoming a clerk, and eventually an accountant and businessman. In 1894 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as the member for Marrickville, a member of the Free Trade Party.{{Cite NSW Parliament |id=1115 |name=Mr Francis Edward McLean (1863-1926) |former=Yes |access-date=26 April 2019}} He held the seat until 1901, when he transferred to federal Parliament, winning the House of Representatives seat of Lang, again for the Free Trade Party. In 1903, he unsuccessfully attempted to defeat prominent Protectionist and former Premier of New South Wales William Lyne in his seat of Hume. He retired from politics and died in 1926.{{cite web|last=Carr |first=Adam |title=Australian Election Archive |work=Psephos, Adam Carr's Election Archive |url=http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia |year=2008 |accessdate=7 June 2008 |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070717093439/http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia/ |archivedate=17 July 2007 }}