1. Angus MacLean was an alumnus of both Mount Allison University and the University of British Columbia with degrees in science.
12 Facts About Angus MacLean
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Angus MacLean's bomber was shot down, and he evaded capture in Nazi-occupied Europe with the help of the Belgian escape-line Comete with Andree De Jongh.
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Angus MacLean returned to Prince Edward Island after the war, and ran for a seat in the House of Commons of Canada as a Progressive Conservative Party of Canada candidate, but was defeated in the 1945 and 1949 federal elections.
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Angus MacLean was first elected to Parliament in a 1951 by-election and held his seat continuously until he left federal politics in 1976.
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Angus MacLean served in the cabinet of Prime Minister John Diefenbaker as Minister of Fisheries from 1957 until the government's defeat in the 1963 election.
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In 1976, Angus MacLean was persuaded to leave federal politics and take the leadership of the Progressive Conservative Party of Prince Edward Island which had languished in opposition for a decade.
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On 8 November 1976, Angus MacLean was elected to the provincial legislature in a by-election.
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Angus MacLean led the party to victory in 1979, and formed a government that emphasized rural community life, banned new shopping malls and instituted a Royal Commission to examine land use and sprawl.
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Angus MacLean's government cancelled the province's participation in the Point Lepreau Nuclear Generating Station in New Brunswick.
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On 17 August 1981, Angus MacLean announced his intention to resign as premier upon electing a new party leader.
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Angus MacLean retired as premier on 17 November 1981, when James Lee was sworn-in as his successor and did not run in the 1982 provincial election.
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Angus MacLean returned to the family farm that he redeveloped for low-intensity blueberry farming.