mcleod sold chirritta in 1883 and returned to portland to set up a dairy farm named yannarie. he sold yannarie in 1892 but remained in the area as the member for portland in the victorian legislative assembly from july 1894 to october 1900. mcleod left the area in 1899 and took up minilya station in the mid west of western australia. he died in perth on 25 october 1914 and was survived by his wife, six daughters and five sons.