Marco MacLeod

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| name = Marco MacLeod

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1988|11|20}}[https://nslegislature.ca/sites/default/files/pdfs/people/mlabios.pdf Biographical Directory of MLAs from 1984 to the Present] Nova Scotia Legislature

| birth_place = New Glasgow, Nova Scotia

| honorific-suffix= MLA

| assembly = Nova Scotia House of

| constituency_AM =Pictou West

| term_start = May 21, 2024

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| predecessor = Karla MacFarlane

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| party = Progressive Conservative

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| residence = Scotsburn, Nova Scotia

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| occupation = Small Business Owner

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Marco MacLeod (born November 20, 1988) is a Canadian politician. He was elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly as a Progressive Conservative in the May 2024 Pictou West provincial by-election.{{Cite web |title=Progressive Conservatives easily retain Pictou West in Nova Scotia byelection - Halifax {{!}} Globalnews.ca |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/10516947/progressive-conservatives-win-pictou-west-byelection-marco-macleod/ |access-date=2024-05-22 |website=Global News |language=en-US}} He was re-elected in the November 2024 Nova Scotia general election.{{Cite web |title=Nova Scotia election 2024 results: Pictou West - Halifax {{!}} Globalnews.ca |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/10865553/nova-scotia-election-2024-pictou-west/ |access-date=2024-11-27 |website=Global News |language=en-US}}

MacLeod is a small business owner and farmer from Scotsburn.{{cite web |date=19 April 2024 |title=Marco MacLeod to represent PCs in Pictou West |url=https://www.pcpartyns.ca/marco_macleod_to_represent_pcs_in_pictou_west |access-date=26 April 2024 |website=Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia}}{{Cite web |date=April 21, 2024 |title=Pictou West by-election set for May 21 |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/pictou-west-byelection-date-nova-scotia-1.7180422 |website=CBC News}} He owns a small custom lumber mill.{{Cite web |title=Nova Scotia byelection vote set for Tuesday in riding formerly held by popular Tory |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/10511821/nova-scotia-byelection-vote-pictou-west-tory/ |access-date=2024-05-21 |website=Global News}} He graduated from Pictou Academy.{{Cite web |title=Meet the candidates: Here are the Pictou West nominees for the upcoming byelection |url=https://www.saltwire.com/atlantic-canada/meet-the-candidates-here-are-the-pictou-west-nominees-for-the-upcoming-byelection-100964493 |access-date=2025-03-25 |website=PNI Atlantic News}}

Electoral record

{{2024 Nova Scotia general election/Pictou West}}{{CANelec/top|NS|May 21, 2024|by=yes|reason=Resignation of Karla MacFarlane|percent=yes|change=yes|expenditures=yes}}

{{CANelec|NS|PC|Marco MacLeod|4,159|72.48|+8.86|}}

{{CANelec|NS|NDP|Melinda MacKenzie|949|16.54|+4.18|}}

{{CANelec|NS|Liberal|Mary Wooldridge-Elliott|548|9.55|-11.86|}}

{{CANelec|NS|Green|Clare Brett|82|1.43|-0.33|}}

{{CANelec/total|Total valid votes/Expense limit|5,738|99.29||}}

{{CANelec/total|Total rejected ballots|41|0.71|+0.34}}

{{CANelec/total|Turnout|5,779|48.09|-13.36}}

{{CANelec/total|Eligible voters|12,018}}

{{CANelec/hold|NS|PC|+2.34}}

{{CANelec/source|Source: Elections Nova Scotia{{cite web |title=By-election Pending in Pictou West |url=https://electionsnovascotia.ca/PictouWestByElection2024 |website=Elections Nova Scotia |access-date=18 April 2024}}|}}

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