Duncan Stuart McLeod

Duncan Stuart McLeod (December 17, 1854–July 31, 1933) was a politician in

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, Canada. He served in the

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from 1922 to 1927. McLeod was born in Tamworth,

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. He worked as a farmer in Goodlands, Manitoba, and also served as a reeve and magistrate. His grandfather and father were soldiers in the

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, and two of McLeod's sons served with the C.E.F. He was elected to the Manitoba legislature in the 1922 provincial election as a candidate of the

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, defeating

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William Chalmers and Liberal incumbent Robert Thornton. The UFM unexpectedly formed government after this election, and McLeod served as a backbench supporter of

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's administration for the next five years. He did not seek re-election in 1927. McLeod died on July 31, 1933, in Brenda, Manitoba. {{DEFAULTSORT:McLeod, Duncan Stuart 1854 births 1933 deaths Progressive Party of Manitoba MLAs 20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba