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| 1874 births | |
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McLeod was born in Glen Huron , Ontario , and was educated at Collingwood Collegiate Institute. He worked as a teacher, and continued in this profession after moving to Manitoba in 1902 . McLeod served a councillor and Reeve in the municipality of Albert , and was active in various farming organizations. He first campaigned for the Manitoba legislature in the Provincial Election Of 1920 , when he lost by ten votes to Liberal incumbent John Williams in the rural southwestern constituency of Arthur . McLeod ran as an independent farmer candidate, and might have also been endorsed by the local Conservative organization. He later joined the United Farmers Of Manitoba . Under its banner, he defeated Williams by 353 votes in the 1922 Election . The United Farmers won an unexpected majority in this election, and formed government as the Progressive Party. McLeod was appointed as Manitoba's Provincial Secretary and Municipal Commissioner on August 8 , 1922 . He gave up the former position on December 3 , 1923 . McLeod was re-elected in the 1927 Election , defeating Conservative challenger J. Arthur Ross by 324 votes. He was retained as Municipal Commissioner, and was appointed Provincial Secretary for a second time on December 31 , 1929 . On May 27 , 1932 , he was also appointed as Manitoba's Railway Commissioner . McLeod defeated Ross again in the 1932 Election , and was retained in all three cabinet positions. He was still a member of the government at the time of his death in 1935. |
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