Federal Political Experience

MCLELAN, The Hon. Archibald Woodbury,    P.C.

DATE AND PLACE OF BIRTH: 1824.12.24 Londonderry, Nova Scotia, Canada

DECEASED: 1890.06.26

PROFESSION: Lumber merchant, shipbuilder

POLITICAL PARTY:

Anti-Confederate

(1867.09.20 - 1869.01.29)

Liberal-Conservative

(1869.01.30 - 1881.06.17)

Conservative

(1881.06.18 - )

SENATE:

Date of Appointment: 1869.06.21

Senatorial Division:

Londonderry, Nova Scotia

(1869.06.21 - 1881.05.20)

Date of Resignation: 1881.05.20

HOUSE OF COMMONS:

1867.09.20, Colchester, Nova Scotia

Elected

1881.06.18, Colchester, Nova Scotia

Re-Elected

1882.06.20, Colchester, Nova Scotia

Re-Elected

1887.02.22, Colchester, Nova Scotia

Re-Elected

1887.10.27, Colchester, Nova Scotia

Re-Elected

CAUCUS:

Anti-Confederate

(1867.11.06 - 1869.01.29)

Liberal-Conservative

(1869.01.30 - 1881.05.20)

Conservative

(1881.06.18 - 1887.10.03)

Conservative

(1887.10.27 - 1888.07.08)

PARLIAMENTARY FUNCTIONS:

Minister

President of the Privy Council

(1881.05.20 - 1882.07.09)

Minister of Marine and Fisheries

(1882.07.10 - 1885.12.09)

Minister of Finance and Receiver General

(1885.12.10 - 1887.01.26)

Postmaster General

(1887.01.27 - 1888.07.09)