Al McLean (politician)

He 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.

[1] He served as Deputy Whip of the PC party from 1983 to 1985, and was appointed a minister without portfolio by Premier Frank Miller on February 8, 1985.

[3] He 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.

[4] 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.

[6] The Progressive Conservatives won a majority government in the 1995 election, and on this occasion McLean defeated his nearest opponent by more than 14,000 votes.

[8] McLean denied the allegations but further investigations revealed that he had been subject to previous sexual harassment claims ten years prior to this event.