Alfie MacLeod
{{Short description|Canadian politician}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}{{Infobox officeholder
| image =Alfie MacLeod 2019.jpg
| honorific-prefix = The Honourable
| name = Alfie MacLeod
| caption =MacLeod in 2019
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1956|3|10}}
| birth_place = Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada
| residence = Gabarus Lake, Nova Scotia
| office1 = Speaker of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly
| term_start1 = October 25, 2007
| term_end1 = June 24, 2009
| predecessor1 = Cecil Clarke
| successor1 = Charlie Parker
| honorific-suffix =
| assembly2 = Nova Scotia House of
| constituency_AM2= Sydney River-Mira-Louisbourg
Cape Breton West (1995-1998, 2006-2013)
| term_start2 = June 13, 2006
| term_end2 = July 31, 2019
| predecessor2 = Russell MacKinnon
| successor2 = Brian Comer
| term_start3 = October 10, 1995
| term_end3 = March 24, 1998
| predecessor3 = Russell MacKinnon
| successor3 = Russell MacKinnon
| party = Progressive Conservative
| spouse = Shirley
| religion =
| occupation = community relations manager
}}
Alfred Wallace MacLeod (born March 10, 1956) is a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Sydney River-Mira-Louisbourg in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. He is a member of the Progressive Conservatives.{{cite web|url=http://nslegislature.ca/pdfs/about/ConstituencyHistories/sydney%20river-mira-louisbourg.pdf|title=Electoral History for Sydney River-Mira-Louisbourg|publisher=Nova Scotia Legislative Library|accessdate=2015-06-22|archive-date=2017-08-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170823064505/http://nslegislature.ca/pdfs/about/ConstituencyHistories/sydney%20river-mira-louisbourg.pdf|url-status=dead}}
Before politics
MacLeod was born in Sydney, Nova Scotia in 1956.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cOSIAAAAMAAJ&q=Alfie+MacLeod+1956&dq=Alfie+MacLeod+1956 |title=The Canadian Parliamentary Guide - Gale Canada, Pierre G. Normandin - Google Books |date=2008-10-16 |isbn=9781896413433 |accessdate=2019-10-24}} From 1976 to 1995, he worked a variety of positions with the Cape Breton Development Corporation.
Political career
MacLeod was first elected in an October 1995 by-election in Cape Breton West.{{cite web|url=http://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/By%20Election%201995.pdf|title=Return of By-election for the House of Assembly 1995|publisher=Elections Nova Scotia|accessdate=2015-06-22}}{{cite news|title=Liberal hold broken|work=The Globe and Mail|date=October 11, 1995}} He was defeated by Liberal Russell MacKinnon when he ran for re-election in 1998.{{cite web|url=http://www.herald.ns.ca/cgi-bin/home/displaypackstory?1998/03/25+270.raw+PE98Mar25+2 |title=Grit veterans swept away by 'orange tide' |work=The Chronicle Herald |date=March 25, 1998 |accessdate=2014-09-29 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050124010502/http://www.herald.ns.ca/cgi-bin/home/displaypackstory?1998%2F03%2F25+270.raw+PE98Mar25+2 |archivedate=January 24, 2005 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|url=http://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/Dist11.pdf|title=Election Returns, 1998 (Cape Breton West)|publisher=Elections Nova Scotia|accessdate=2015-06-22}}
In the 2000 federal election, MacLeod was the Progressive Conservative candidate in the electoral district of Bras d'Or—Cape Breton.{{cite web|url=http://www.herald.ns.ca/cgi-bin/home/displaypackstory?2000/10/29+178.raw+FE00Oct29+2 |title=MacLeod unopposed for Tories in Bras d'Or |work=The Chronicle Herald |date=October 29, 2000 |accessdate=2015-06-22 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050124090042/http://www.herald.ns.ca/cgi-bin/home/displaypackstory?2000%2F10%2F29+178.raw+FE00Oct29+2 |archivedate=January 24, 2005 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|url=http://www.herald.ns.ca:80/cgi-bin/home/displaypackstory?2000/11/12+222.raw+FE00Nov12+2 |title=Dingwall factor still dominates Bras d'Or |work=The Chronicle Herald |date=November 12, 2000 |accessdate=2015-06-22 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050124042522/http://www.herald.ns.ca/cgi-bin/home/displaypackstory?2000%2F11%2F12+222.raw+FE00Nov12+2 |archivedate=January 24, 2005 |url-status=dead }} He lost to Liberal Rodger Cuzner, finishing second, ahead of NDP incumbent Michelle Dockrill.{{cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/cuzner-pushes-out-dockrill-from-bras-d-or-seat-1.206400|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121106194414/http://www.cbc.ca/news/story/2000/11/28/ns_fedcuznerwins001128.html|url-status=live|archive-date=November 6, 2012|title=Cuzner pushes out Dockrill from Bras d'Or seat|publisher=CBC News|date=November 28, 2000|access-date=2014-09-29}}{{cite web|url=http://www.herald.ns.ca/cgi-bin/home/displaypackstory?2000/11/28+232.raw+FE00Nov28+2 |title=Liberals stage C.B. comeback |work=The Chronicle Herald |date=November 28, 2000 |accessdate=2014-09-29 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050124084348/http://www.herald.ns.ca/cgi-bin/home/displaypackstory?2000%2F11%2F28+232.raw+FE00Nov28+2 |archivedate=January 24, 2005 |url-status=dead }}
MacLeod returned to provincial politics in 2006, defeating former Liberal MLA Russell MacKinnon for the Progressive Conservative nomination in Cape Breton West,{{cite news|title=MacLeod defeats MacKinnon in battle to represent Tories in Cape Breton West|work=Cape Breton Post|date=May 19, 2006}} then winning the seat in the 2006 general election.{{cite web|url=http://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/dist09_0.pdf|title=Election Returns, 2006 (Cape Breton West)|publisher=Elections Nova Scotia|accessdate=2015-06-22}}{{cite news|title=MacLeod wallops opponents in Cape Breton West|work=Cape Breton Post|date=June 14, 2006}} On October 25, 2007, MacLeod was elected Speaker of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.{{cite web|url=http://www.capebretonpost.com/Natural-resources/2007-10-26/article-778427/Alfie-Macleod-chosen-as-Speaker/1|title=Alfie Macleod chosen as Speaker|work=Cape Breton Post|date=October 26, 2007|accessdate=2015-06-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150623121233/http://www.capebretonpost.com/Natural-resources/2007-10-26/article-778427/Alfie-Macleod-chosen-as-Speaker/1|archive-date=June 23, 2015|url-status=dead}}
MacLeod was re-elected in the 2009,{{cite web|url=http://www.capebretonpost.com/Living/2009-06-10/article-774273/Cape-Breton-West/1|title=Voters of Cape Breton West re-elect MacLeod|work=Cape Breton Post|date=June 10, 2009|accessdate=2015-06-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150623122452/http://www.capebretonpost.com/Living/2009-06-10/article-774273/Cape-Breton-West/1|archive-date=June 23, 2015|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/dist09.pdf|title=Election Returns, 2009 (Cape Breton West)|publisher=Elections Nova Scotia|accessdate=2015-06-22}} 2013{{cite web|url=http://www.capebretonpost.com/Elections/2013-10-08/article-3422010/MacLeod-takes-Sydney-River-Mira-Louisbourg/1|title=MacLeod takes Sydney River-Mira-Louisbourg|work=Cape Breton Post|date=October 8, 2013|accessdate=2015-06-22|archive-url=https://archive.today/20131125054623/http://www.capebretonpost.com/Elections/2013-10-08/article-3422010/MacLeod-takes-Sydney-River-Mira-Louisbourg/1|archive-date=November 25, 2013|url-status=dead}} and 2017 elections.{{cite web|url=http://www.capebretonpost.com/news/local/2017/5/31/election-brings-change-to-cbrm.html|title=Election brings change to CBRM|work=Cape Breton Post|date=May 30, 2017|accessdate=2017-05-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170531064240/http://www.capebretonpost.com/news/local/2017/5/31/election-brings-change-to-cbrm.html|archive-date=May 31, 2017|url-status=dead}}
On May 14, 2019, MacLeod announced he was seeking the Conservative nomination in Cape Breton—Canso for the 2019 federal election.{{cite web|url=https://www.capebretonpost.com/news/local/macleod-announces-bid-for-cape-breton-canso-conservative-nod-311399/|title=MacLeod announces bid for Cape Breton-Canso Conservative nod|work=Cape Breton Post|date=May 14, 2019|accessdate=2019-05-14}} He was named the candidate in June 2019.{{cite web|url=http://porthawkesburyreporter.com/alfie-macleod-named-conservative-candidate-for-cape-breton-canso/|title=MacLeod named Conservative candidate for Cape Breton-Canso|work=The Reporter|date=June 18, 2019|accessdate=2019-07-19}} MacLeod resigned his provincial seat on July 31, 2019.{{cite web|url=https://www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/news/three-of-nova-scotias-pc-mlas-resign-to-run-in-federal-election-334903/|title=Three of Nova Scotia's PC MLAs resign to run in federal election|work=The Chronicle Herald|date=July 19, 2019|accessdate=2023-11-04}} He was defeated in the federal election.
Personal life
Married to the former Shirley MacDonald; they have three children.
Electoral record
=Federal=
{{2019 Canadian federal election/Cape Breton—Canso}}
{{2000 Canadian federal election/Cape Breton—Canso}}
=Provincial=
{{Election box begin | title=2013 Nova Scotia general election}}
|-
{{Canadian party colour|NS|PC|row}}
|Alfie MacLeod
|align="right"|4,178
|align="right"|43.75
|align="right"|
|-
{{Canadian party colour|NS|Liberal|row}}
|Josephine Kennedy
|align="right"|3,798
|align="right"|39.77
|align="right"|
|-
{{Canadian party colour|NS|NDP|row}}
|Delton McDonald
|align="right"|1,573
|align="right"|16.47
|align="right"|
|}
{{Election box begin | title=2009 Nova Scotia general election}}
|-
{{Canadian party colour|NS|PC|row}}
|Alfie MacLeod
|align="right"|3,986
|align="right"|43.88
|align="right"|
|-
{{Canadian party colour|NS|NDP|row}}
|Delton MacDonald
|align="right"|2,750
|align="right"|30.28
|align="right"|
|-
{{Canadian party colour|NS|Liberal|row}}
|Josephine Kennedy
|align="right"|2,206
|align="right"|24.29
|align="right"|
|-
{{CANelec|NS|Green|Michael Parsons|141|1.55|–}}
|}
{{Election box begin | title=2006 Nova Scotia general election}}
|-
{{Canadian party colour|NS|PC|row}}
|Alfie MacLeod
|align="right"|4,729
|align="right"|53.76
|align="right"|
|-
{{Canadian party colour|NS|Liberal|row}}
|Dave LeBlanc
|align="right"|2,488
|align="right"|28.28
|align="right"|
|-
{{Canadian party colour|NS|NDP|row}}
|Terry Crawley
|align="right"|1,344
|align="right"|15.28
|align="right"|
|-
{{CANelec|NS|Green|Michael P. Milburn|236|2.68|–}}
|}
{{Election box begin | title=1998 Nova Scotia general election}}
|-
{{Canadian party colour|NS|Liberal|row}}
|align="right"|4,528
|align="right"|
|align="right"|
|-
{{Canadian party colour|NS|NDP|row}}
|Brian C. Stanley
|align="right"|2,933
|align="right"|
|align="right"|
|-
{{Canadian party colour|NS|PC|row}}
|Alfie MacLeod
|align="right"|2,818
|align="right"|
|align="right"|
|}
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [https://nslegislature.ca/members/profiles/alfie-macleod Members of the Nova Scotia Legislative Assembly]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20131030010555/http://www.pccaucus.ns.ca/member/alfie-macleod PC caucus profile]
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Category:Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia MLAs
Category:Speakers of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly
Category:Nova Scotia candidates for Member of Parliament
Category:Politicians from Sydney, Nova Scotia
Category:Conservative Party of Canada candidates for the Canadian House of Commons
Category:Progressive Conservative Party of Canada candidates for the Canadian House of Commons
Category:Candidates in the 2000 Canadian federal election
Category:Candidates in the 2019 Canadian federal election
Category:20th-century members of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly
Category:21st-century members of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly