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Francis McLean

Francis Edward McLean (1863-1926)

Member for Lang (New South Wales) 1901-1903

Francis McLean was born in Sydney, New South Wales. An accountant, McLean was the member for Marrickville in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly 1894-1901.

In 1901 McLean was elected to represent the federal seat of Lang as a Freetrader in the House of Representatives at the first federal election. McLean had a poor record of attendance in the first House of Representatives, attending only 29% of sitting days.  He did not stand for re-election in 1903.

After retiring from federal politics McLean sought re-election as the member for Granville, in the New South Wales Parliament in 1910, but was unsuccessful.

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