Archibald James McLean (September 25, 1860 – October 13, 1933) was a cattleman and politician from Ontario, Canada.

[7] About 5 years later, McLean moved further west to the District of Alberta (now a province) from to work as a ranch hand and foreman.

[7][8][9] His experience led him to a management position a year later at the CY Ranch of the Cypress Cattle Company, located near present-day Taber, Alberta.

On June 1, 1910, he accepted an appointment by Premier Arthur Lewis Sifton to cross the floor to the government and join the cabinet to become the new Provincial Secretary.

[12] McLean was re-elected to a second term, this time in the new Taber provincial electoral district in the 1913 Alberta general election.

The election was hotly contested but with Conservative candidate Thomas King providing a strong showing, but McLean still won with an 800-vote plurality.