John R. McLeod
John Robert McLeod (January 20, 1872 – May 4, 1931) was a Canadian medical doctor and politician from Alberta. McLeod was born in Zorra, Ontario on January 20, 1872 to William C. McLeod and Mary C. Mackay, both of Scottish heritage. McLeod would complete is M.D. at Detroit College of Medicine in 1896, and be licensed by the College of Physicians and Surgeons in the North-West Territories. McLeod married American Grace Victoria Bentley in 1898 and served as a medical health officer in Michigan from 1897 to 1900, and would later purchase a farm in Canada. He was elected to a term in the Alberta Legislature in the 1905 Alberta general election with a 110-vote plurality over Conservative candidate John Jackson. He would serve as a backbencher with the government and serve on the Committee on Privileges and Elections. References

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Legislative Assembly of Alberta Members Listing
Journal of the Alberta Legislature March 19, 1906

Alberta Liberal Party MLAs
1872 births
1931 deaths
Wayne State University School of Medicine alumni
Canadian public health doctors
Canadian people of Scottish descent
Physicians from Alberta