Maclean, Malcolm Alexander

MACLEAN, Malcolm Alexander, real estate promoter, first mayor of Vancouver (b 14 July 1844, Tiree, Scotland; d 4 Apr 1895, Vancouver). As a small boy he immigrated to Upper Canada with his parents. He taught school briefly, moved to New York City to work for the Cunard Steamship Co, then went back to Ontario and set up as a storekeeper. In 1878 he and his wife moved to Winnipeg, where his fortunes went up and down with the boom-and-bust cycle of the real estate market. He intended to move to...

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