Background
MCLEAN, Francis Edward was born on March 16, 1863 in Sydney, New South Wales Son of late Francis Smith M'Lean.
MCLEAN, Francis Edward was born on March 16, 1863 in Sydney, New South Wales Son of late Francis Smith M'Lean.
Studied at Fort St. Model Public School, Sydney. Junior Clerk in employment of Mort’s Dock and Engineering Company, and subsequently bookkeeper and accountant in various commercial firms.
Admitted Member Sydney Institute of Public Accountants by examination, 1897. Fellow, 1900; Legislative Assembly, New South Wales, for Marrickville, 1894-1901. Elected to first Commonwealth Parliament for Lang, New South Wales, 1901.
Contested Hume Electorate, 1903. Consulting Accountant in practice in Sydney, New South Wales.
Spouse 1887, Alice Manvel Hollingworth.