John R. McLeod explained

John Robert McLeod
Birth Date:20 January 1872
Birth Place:Zorra, Ontario
Office:Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Constituency:Ponoka
Term Start:1905
Term End:1909
Successor:William A. Campbell
Party:Liberal
Spouse:Grace Victoria Bentley
Alma Mater:Detroit College of Medicine
Occupation:physician, politician

John Robert McLeod (January 20, 1872 – May 4, 1931)[1] was a Canadian medical doctor and politician from Alberta.

McLeod was born in Zorra, Ontario on January 20, 1872 to William C. McLeod and Mary C. Mackay, both of Scottish heritage.[2] McLeod would complete is M.D. at Detroit College of Medicine in 1896, and be licensed by the College of Physicians and Surgeons in the North-West Territories.[2] McLeod married American Grace Victoria Bentley in 1898 and served as a medical health officer in Michigan from 1897 to 1900, and would later purchase a farm in Canada.[2]

He was elected to a term in the Alberta Legislature in the 1905 Alberta general election with a 110-vote plurality over Conservative candidate John Jackson.[3] He would serve as a backbencher with the government and serve on the Committee on Privileges and Elections.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Canadian Parliamentary Guide. 1909.
  2. Chambers . Ernest J. . Ernest J. Chambers . The Canadian Parliamentary Guide . The Canadian Parliamentary Guide = Guide Parlementaire Canadien . 1909 . Mortimer Company Ltd. . Ottawa . August 9, 2020 . 0315-6168 . 266967058 . 438. 9781414401416 .
  3. Web site: Ponoka Official Results 1905 Alberta general election . Alberta Heritage Community Foundation . May 21, 2020.