death_date predecessor successor birth_place party office birth_date term_start article_title term_end name occupation
23 november 1988 frederick murray blois george scott dickey robert stanfield george isaac smith truro , nova scotia nova scotia liberal party mla for colchester 8 september 1914 1945 robert f. mclellan
 1949 robert f. mclellan lawyer
robert f. mclellan

robert faulkner mclellan -lrb- september 8 , 1914 -- november 23 , 1988 -rrb- was a canadian politician .
he represented the electoral district of colchester in the nova scotia house of assembly from 1945 to 1949 .
he was a member of the nova scotia liberal party .
mclellan was born in 1914 at truro , nova scotia .
he was educated at mount allison university and dalhousie law school .
he married helen gladys stuart in 1941 .
mclellan first attempted to enter provincial politics in the 1941 election , but was defated .
he ran again in 1945 , and was elected in the dual-member colchester riding with liberal gordon purdy .
in the 1949 election , mclellan was defeated by progressive conservative leader robert stanfield and george isaac smith .
mclellan ran as a liberal candidate in the 1958 federal election , but was defated by progressive conservative cyril kennedy in colchester -- hants .
on january 5 , 1966 , mclellan was appointed a county court judge , and served in the position until september 30 , 1981 .
mclellan died on november 23 , 1988 .
