Wes McLean
New Brunswick
Wes’s career began in 2003 in the Office of the Premier of New Brunswick. He later worked for the Senate Opposition Leader, then as Special Assistant for Atlantic Canada in the Office of Prime Minister Stephen Harper, and then as Senior Policy Advisor to the Minister of Veterans Affairs. He later served as Senior Advisor to the Honourable Marjory LeBreton, Leader of the Government in the Senate.
From 2010 to 2014, he was a Member of the New Brunswick Legislative Assembly for the electoral district of Victoria-Tobique. During that time, he served as Deputy Government House Leader, and Legislative Secretary to the Premier. Wes authored the Organ and Tissue Donation Strategy Act, which received the unanimous approval of the Assembly in 2014.
He returned to the Senate for two years, then in later in 2016, took on the role of Senior Advisor for Legislative Affairs in the Office of the Premier of Manitoba, then as Special Assistant to the Premier.
He served as Deputy Chief of Staff to the Premier of New Brunswick from 2018 to 2021, where he was responsible for legislative and policy planning, as well as cabinet operations.
He joined the Capital Hill Group as Senior Consultant in 2021. He is a member of the New Brunswick Community College Board of Governors, currently serving as Chair, and was vice-chair from 2024-25.
Wes has written numerous articles and op-eds, which have appeared in the Toronto Sun, the Hill Times, iPolitics.ca, the Hamilton Spectator and the New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal. He lives in Perth-Andover, New Brunswick.