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Robert MacLellan (politician, born 1925)

Robert Simpson MacLellan (2 July 1925 – 15 January 2011) was a Progressive Conservative party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Sydney, Nova Scotia and became a lawyer by career.

For other politicians, see Robert MacLellan (disambiguation).

Robert MacLellan

Robert Simpson MacLellan

(1925-07-02)2 July 1925
Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada

15 January 2011(2011-01-15) (aged 85)
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Margaret MacDonald

  • Politician
  • lawyer

After an unsuccessful campaign in the 1957 federal election unseat Inverness—Richmond Liberal incumbent Allan MacEachen, MacLellan won the seat in the 1958 general election. MacLellan served one term before MacEachen regained the riding in the 1962 election.


MacLellan contracted lung cancer and died in Ottawa at age 85.[1]

Robert MacLellan – Parliament of Canada biography