Ron MacLean

Ronald Joseph Corbett "Ron" MacLean (born April 12, 1960) is a Canadian sportscaster for the CBC who is best known as the host of Hockey Night in Canada from 1986 to 2014, and is also a hockey referee.

Biography

Early life and career

MacLean was born in Zweibrücken, West Germany at the Zweibrücken Air Base where his father was an officer in the Royal Canadian Air Force and was stationed at the nearby Metz-Frescaty Air Base in Metz, France. Ron MacLean Sr., born in Sydney, Nova Scotia on May 4, 1922, married Lila MacDonald, from Iona, Nova Scotia, in July 1959. MacLean worked as a communications operator at Station Edmonton, while MacDonald was an airwoman/clerk stationed at RCAF Station Namao, just outside Edmonton. Fourteen months after his birth the family moved back to Canada, initially settling in Chester, Nova Scotia. MacLean was four years old when his dad was stationed in Whitehorse, Yukon with the Royal Canadian Air Force before relocating eventually in Red Deer, Alberta.

Ron McLean

Ronald Thomas "Ron" McLean (28 December 1938 – 13 February 1999) was an Australian politician.

He was born in Townsville to Kenneth Murdock McLean and Edna May, née Blee. He attended Bulimba State School and then Brisbane Technical College, where he took an apprenticeship as a carpenter. From 1964 to 1975 he was a waterside worker, becoming active in labour politics as a delegate to the Queensland Trades and Labour Council and chairman of the Maritime Unions Group. He was also a federal councillor for the Australian Waterside Workers Federation and president of the Brisbane Waterside Workers Association in 1980.

McLean was elected to the Queensland Legislative Assembly in 1980 as the Labor member for Bulimba. In 1981 he became Opposition Spokesman on Employment and Industrial Affairs, adding Maritime Services, Harbours and Marine Activities for most of 1983. Following Labor's victory at the 1989 election, he became Minister for Administrative Services. He retired in 1992. McLean died from an asbestos-related lung condition in 1999 at the age of 60, and was given a State funeral.

Ron McLean (writer)

Ron McLean (d 1985) was an Australian screenwriter, producer and executive producer, best known for his work on TV. He wrote most of the episodes for Spyforce, which he helped create. He had a long collaboration with producer Roger Mirams.

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