Background
McLellan was born in 1914 at Truro, Nova Scotia.
politician Conservative leader
McLellan was born in 1914 at Truro, Nova Scotia.
He was educated at Mount Allison University and Dalhousie Law School.
He represented the electoral district of Colchester in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1945 to 1949. McLellan first attempted to enter provincial politics in the 1941 election, but was defated. He ran again in 1945, and was elected in the dual-member Colchester riding with Liberal Gordon Purdy.
In the 1949 election, McLellan was defeated by Progressive Conservative leader Robert Stanfield and George Isaac Smith.
McLellan ran as a Liberal candidate in the 1958 federal election, but was defated by Progressive Conservative Cyril Kennedy in Colchester—Hampshire. On January 5, 1966, McLellan was appointed a County Court judge, and served in the position until September 30, 1981.
McLellan died on November 23, 1988.
He was a member of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party.