Leopold Macaulay (25 November 1887 – 24 December 1979) was a

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and

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, born in

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. Macaulay was a

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member of the

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. He was first elected as

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(MLA) for the

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area riding of

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in 1926. He was brought into the

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as Provincial Secretary and Registrar in September 1930 in the last few weeks of the administration of Ontario Premier

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. He was retained in that position when Ferguson's successor, George Henry formed his cabinet in December. Macaulay went on to serve as

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from 1931 to 1934 and also Minister of Public Works for six months before the defeat of the Henry government by

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in the 1934 Ontario election. Macaulay kept his seat through the election and, in 1936, he was a candidate in the Ontario Conservative leadership convention placing fourth. He remained in the legislature until losing his

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in the 1943 Ontario election to

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leader

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. He also served on the Board of Regents of

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from 1932 to 1972, serving as chair from 1942 to 1951.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Macaulay, Leopold 1887 births 1979 deaths Members of the Executive Council of Ontario People from Peterborough, Ontario Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario MPPs Provincial secretaries of Ontario University of Toronto people 20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario