Alfie MacLeod
Alfred Wallace MacLeod was a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Sydney River-Mira-Louisbourg in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. MacLeod was a member of the [Progressive Conservative Party of Canada|Conservative Association of Nova Scotia|Progressive Conservatives].
Early life
MacLeod was born in Sydney, Nova Scotia on March 10, 1956. From 1976 to 1995, he worked a variety of positions with the Cape Breton Development Corporation.Political career
MacLeod was first elected in the October 1995 Cape Breton West by-election which was triggered by the resignation of incumbent [Nova Scotia Nova Scotia Liberal Party|Liberal Party|Liberal] House Member Russell MacKinnon who ran unsuccessfully to become mayor of the Cape Breton Regional Municipality. In the 1998 Nova Scotia general election, MacKinnon decided to run again for the electoral district and defeated MacLeod in his re-election bid.In the 2000 federal election, MacLeod was the Progressive Conservative candidate in the electoral district of Bras d'Or—Cape Breton. He lost to Liberal Rodger Cuzner, finishing second, ahead of NDP incumbent Michelle Dockrill.
MacLeod returned to provincial politics in 2006, defeating his former opponent Liberal MLA Russell MacKinnon, for the Progressive Conservative nomination in Cape Breton West, then winning the seat in the 2006 general election. On October 25, 2007, MacLeod was elected Speaker of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.
MacLeod was re-elected in the 2009, 2013 and 2017 elections.
On May 14, 2019, MacLeod announced he was seeking the Conservative nomination in Cape Breton—Canso for the 2019 federal election. He was named the candidate in June 2019. MacLeod resigned his provincial seat on July 31, 2019. He was defeated in the federal election by the Liberal Party candidate, Mike Kelloway.