Allan Kenneth McLean was born on March 20,1937 and is a former politician in Ontario, Canada.
14 Facts About Al McLean
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Al McLean was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1981 to 1999 who represented the riding of Simcoe East.
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Al McLean was a cabinet minister in the government of Frank Miller and served as speaker of the assembly before being forced out of office due to a scandal.
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Al McLean was elected to the Ontario legislature in the 1981 provincial election, defeating NDP candidate Fayne Bullen by about 3,500 votes in the riding of Simcoe East.
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Al McLean served as Deputy Whip of the PC party from 1983 to 1985, and was appointed a minister without portfolio and Chief Government Whip by Premier Frank Miller on February 8,1985.
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Al McLean was re-elected over Fayne Bullen in the 1985 provincial election, but the Progressive Conservative Party was reduced to a fragile minority government provincially.
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Al McLean was re-appointed as a minister without portfolio responsible for Northern Affairs and Housing on May 17,1985, but the Miller government was defeated in the legislature one month later and McLean moved with his party to the opposition benches.
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Al McLean was one of only seventeen PC members re-elected in the 1987 provincial election, defeating Liberal Butch Orser by fewer than 1,000 votes.
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The Progressive Conservatives won a majority government in the 1995 election, and on this occasion Al McLean defeated his nearest opponent by more than 14,000 votes.
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An investigation by The Globe and Mail found public documents that showed Al McLean had paid $2,000 to the complainant.
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Al McLean was sued by the former employee and the suit was settled out-of-court for $400,000.
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Al McLean went on to say that he would sue any MPP that made the decade old reports public.
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On September 26,1996, Al McLean announced his resignation as Speaker of the House.
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In October 1999, Al McLean was appointed to the Assessment Review Board which hears appeals regarding municipal property taxes.