Ross McLean (politician)
{{Short description|Australian politician}}
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| name = Ross McLean
| honorific-suffix = AM
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| constituency_MP = Perth
| parliament = Australian
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| predecessor = Joe Berinson
| successor = Ric Charlesworth
| term_start = 13 December 1975
| term_end = 5 March 1983
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1944|6|30}}
| birth_place = Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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| nationality = Australian
| spouse = Karen Chaney
| party = Liberal Party of Australia
| relations = Fred Chaney Sr. (father-in-law)
Fred Chaney (brother-in-law)
Michael Chaney (brother-in-law)
John Chaney (brother-in-law)
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| alma_mater = University of Western Australia
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Ross Malcolm McLean, AM (born 30 June 1944) is a former Liberal member of the Australian House of Representatives from 1975 to 1983, representing the Division of Perth, Western Australia.{{cite web
| title =Members of the House of Representatives since 1901
| publisher =Parliament of Australia
| work=Parliamentary Handbook
| url =http://www.aph.gov.au/library/handbook/historical/representatives/makin.price.htm
| accessdate = 2008-02-18 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20071117114054/http://www.aph.gov.au/library/handbook/historical/representatives/makin.price.htm |archivedate = 2007-11-17}}
Early life
McLean was born in Perth on 30 June 1944. He attended school at Wesley College in South Perth.
He completed the degree of Bachelor of Economics (Hons.) at the University of Western Australia and worked at the university as a senior administrative assistant.{{cite news|url=https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id%3A%22handbook%2Fallmps%2FKRR%22;querytype=;rec=0|title=Biography for McLEAN, Ross Malcolm|publisher=Parliament of Australia|accessdate=13 August 2022}}
Politics
McLean served as president of the Liberal Party's North Perth division from 1969 to 1972. He was elected to the party's state council in 1976 and was a delegate to federal council.
McLean was elected to the House of Representatives at the 1975 federal election, winning the seat of Perth from the incumbent Australian Labor Party (ALP) MP Joe Berinson.
McLean took a "strong public stand" in favour of accepting Vietnamese boat people into Australia, leading the League of Rights and the Immigration Control Association to publicly oppose his re-election to parliament before the 1980 federal election.{{cite news|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/110606150|title=State attacked for racist attitudes|newspaper=Canberra Times|date=17 October 1979}}{{cite news|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/110968919|title=Upsurge in race-hate campaign|newspaper=Canberra Times|date=21 November 1979}}
At the 1986 state election, McLean stood unsuccessfully for the seat of Subiaco against future premier Carmen Lawrence.{{cite book|first1=David|last1=Black|first2=Harry|last2=Phillips|chapter=Carmen Mary Lawrence|chapter-url=https://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/parliament/library/MPHistoricalData.nsf/32e457f9ba7d7c5148257b5500242416/fae9bc3c7b827f00482577e50028a662/$FILE/Chapter%206.%20May%20Holman%20Making%20a%20Difference%20.pdf|title=Making a Difference: A Frontier of Firsts – Women in the Western Australian Parliament 1921-2012|isbn=9781921865626|year=2012|publisher=Parliament of Western Australia|pages=158–164}}
Later life
He was a member of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation Board of Directors for five years from 1999.[http://www.abc.net.au/corp/annual_reports/ar02/ar02_boarddir.pdf ABC Board of Directors] He was chair of the National Childcare Accreditation Council for four years from 1996 to 1999. He was president of the Association for the Blind of WA from 1995 to 1999. He was president of the League of Help for the Sick and Elderly of WA from 1995 to 1997. In December 2001 he resigned as chairman of the Fremantle Football Club in the wake of revelations that the club had exceeded the salary cap for the 2001 season.[http://footystats.freeservers.com/Archive/D-02-Dec-03.html Docker chairman resigns] He was a member of the Board of the Western Australian Cricket Association from 2004 to 2012.
Personal life
McLean married Karen Chaney, whose father Fred Chaney Sr., brother Fred Chaney, and niece Kate Chaney were also members of federal parliament.{{cite news|url=https://www.theage.com.au/business/family-values-the-foundation-for-chaney-gang-20040626-gdy4eq.html|title=Family values the foundation for Chaney gang|date=26 June 2004|accessdate=14 August 2022|newspaper=The Age}}
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Category:Liberal Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Australia
Category:Members of the Australian House of Representatives for Perth
Category:Members of the Australian House of Representatives
Category:People educated at Wesley College, Perth
Category:Members of the Order of Australia
Category:Fremantle Football Club administrators
Category:University of Western Australia alumni
Category:Australian MPs 1975–1977
Category:Australian MPs 1977–1980
Category:Australian MPs 1980–1983
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