George McLean (New Zealand politician)

Sir George McLean (1834 – 17 February 1917) was a 19th-century Member of Parliament from the Otago region in New Zealand.

[2] McLean held several ministerial appointments under Vogel and Atkinson: Postmaster-General and Commissioner of Telegraphs from 1 to 13 September 1876 and 12 January to 13 October 1877.

On 19 December 1881, he was appointed to the New Zealand Legislative Council and remained a member until his death on 17 February 1917.

[4] His daughter Georgia Constance McLean married Thomas Wilford in 1892.

[5] His brother-in-law, the solicitor John White, unsuccessfully contested the Waikouaiti electorate in the 1899 election.