Allan_marcus_atkinson_mclean

Allan Marcus Atkinson McLean (1891-1969) was co-operater of Connors Brothers, a fish processing business, and MP.Federal Political Experience, Parliament of Canada, unknown (accessed 15 January,2007)

Born in Bristol, New Brunswick, the third of four children, of descendant of Dutch United Empire Loyalists on his mother\'s side, and Scots emigres to Cape Breton Island on his father\'s side, McLean along with elder brother Neil, developed the Connors Bros. fish processing business that had been founded in Blacks Harbour, New Brunswick by Louis and Patrick Connors a generation earlier.Memories of West Isles Life,unknown (accessed 15 January,2007)

Much of the McLean brothers\' lives were spent developing the fishing industry centered around New Brunswick\'s Passamaquoddy Bay in southwestern New Brunswick. Largely focused on canning herring, Connors Brothers also served the northeastern United States\' Roman Catholic \'fish on Friday\' market by shipping haddock and pollock to New England markets. Connors Brothers was sold to the Weston congomerate based in Toronto in approximately 1966 as Neil and Allan McLean approached 80 years of age. Both brothers were active in politics: Neil serving as president of the New Brunswick Liberal Party for many years and then as a senator; Allan ran for election to parliament in 1961 in the riding of Charlotte County, New Brunswick, was elected and re-elected twice until retiring in 1968. He died in 1969.

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