Donald R. MacLeod

Donald Ross MacLeod was a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Pictou Centre in the Nova Scotia [House of Assembly] from 1956 to 1970. He was a member of the Progressive [Conservative Association of Nova Scotia|Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia].
Born in 1902 at Trenton, Nova Scotia, MacLeod graduated from Dalhousie University and was a druggist by career. He married Ivy Verona Phillips in 1935.
From 1944 to 1946, MacLeod served as mayor of New Glasgow, Nova Scotia. MacLeod entered provincial politics in the 1956 [Nova Scotia general election|1956 election], winning the Pictou Centre riding by 336 votes. He was re-elected in the 1960, and 1963 elections. In July 1964, MacLeod was appointed to the Executive Council of Nova Scotia as Minister without portfolio. He was re-elected in the 1967 election. In the 1970 election, MacLeod was defeated by Liberal Ralph F. Fiske. MacLeod died at New Glasgow on October 20, 1976.