Donnie MacLeod

{{short description|Canadian politician}}

{{for|the Scottish TV presenter|Donny MacLeod}}

{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}

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| name = Donnie MacLeod

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1938|09|10}}

| birth_place = Glace Bay, Nova Scotia

| death_date = {{death date and age|2015|6|22|1938|9|10}}

| death_place = Halifax, Nova Scotia

| residence = Glace Bay, Nova Scotia

| office = MLA for Cape Breton East

| term_start = 1980

| term_end = 1988

| predecessor = Jeremy Akerman

| successor = John MacEachern

| party = Progressive Conservative

| occupation =

}}

Donald Gardner "Donnie" MacLeod (September 10, 1938 – June 22, 2015) was a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Cape Breton East in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1980 to 1988. He was a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia.{{cite web|url=https://nslegislature.ca/sites/default/files/constituencies/pdfs/glace%20bay.pdf|title=Electoral History for Glace Bay|publisher=Nova Scotia Legislative Library|accessdate=2018-04-06|archive-date=2018-11-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181108113154/https://nslegislature.ca/sites/default/files/constituencies/pdfs/glace|url-status=dead}}

Born in 1938 at Glace Bay, Nova Scotia,{{cite book|last1=Elliott|first1=Shirley B.|title=The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia, 1758–1983 : a biographical directory|url=https://archive.org/details/legislativeassem0000unse/page/145|accessdate=2018-04-06|year=1984|publisher=Public Archives of Nova Scotia|isbn=0-88871-050-X|page=[https://archive.org/details/legislativeassem0000unse/page/145 145]}} MacLeod was first elected in a byelection on December 2, 1980.{{cite web|url=http://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/By%20Election%201980.pdf|title=Return of By-elections for the House of Assembly 1980|publisher=Elections Nova Scotia|year=1981|accessdate=2014-11-03}}{{cite news|title=PC steals NDP seat in N.S. by-election|work=The Globe and Mail|date=December 3, 1980}} MacLeod was re-elected in the 1981,{{cite web |url=http://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201981.pdf |title=Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1981 |publisher=Elections Nova Scotia |year=1981 |accessdate=2014-11-03 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140310212300/http://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201981.pdf |archivedate=2014-03-10 |df= }} and 1984 elections.{{cite web|url=http://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201984.pdf |title=Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1984 |publisher=Elections Nova Scotia |year=1984 |accessdate=2014-11-03 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005021932/http://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201984.pdf |archivedate=2013-10-05 |df= }} He did not seek re-election in 1988.

MacLeod died on June 22, 2015.{{cite web|url=http://www.inmemoriam.ca/view-announcement-501131-donald-gardiner-macleod.html|title=Donald Gardner MacLeod|work=Cape Breton Post|date=June 27, 2015|accessdate=2015-06-28}}

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