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♂ Alfred W. MacLeod
aliasAlfred W. MacLeod
Record
38315 · 4037

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 63%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 0 2 2
Nova Scotia 5 1 6
Total 5 3 8
Birth 10 March 1956
Age 68 years + 2 months
First mandate 10 October 1995 → 28 years + 7 months ago
↳ at age 39 years + 7 months
 
Mandate ended 4 years + 9 months ago (31 July 2019)
Special notes
None
 
Alfred W. MacLeod (1956– )
© Photo 2019 Andrew Scheer — licensed under CC0
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Nova Scotia 15 6 26 Z

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. NS 60
PC
 1 Speaker 51–53 25 Oct 2007 — 08 Jun 2009 1 7 14

Electoral history

Races 8  
Path points 9  
4 documented challengers
⊕ Rodger T. Cuzner  m 
⊕ Michael J. Kelloway  m 
 		 ⊕ Michelle Dockrill  f  (2 runoffs)
⊕ Russell V. MacKinnon  m 
 
Eligible: 12,830 Votes: 7,859 Participation: 61.25% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
56		 Nova Scotia
10 October 1995
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 14217(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
39
PC
 1/3 2,824 36.18% +221 Loser:
LIB
 2,603 33.35% Gerry Delaney

Service: 2 years 5 months 13 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 12,924 Votes: 10,322 Participation: 79.87% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
57		 Nova Scotia
24 March 1998
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 1338(F) — 21 May 2022 13:59 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
42
PC
 3/3 2,818 27.42% -1,710 Winner:
LIB
 4,528 44.05% Russell V. MacKinnon
Eligible: 56,074 Votes: 38,270 Participation: 68.25% Candidacies: 4
Federal
37		 Nova Scotia
27 November 2000
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 2632(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
44
PC
 2/4 8,114 21.38% -12,701 Winner:
LIB
 20,815 54.85% Rodger T. Cuzner
Eligible: 14,215 Votes: 8,831 Participation: 62.12% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
60		 Nova Scotia
13 June 2006
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 493(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
50
PC
 1/4 4,729 53.76% +2,241 Loser:
LIB
 2,488 28.28% Dave LeBlanc

Service: 2 years 11 months 26 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 14,843 Votes: 9,141 Participation: 61.58% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
61		 Nova Scotia
9 June 2009
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 6129(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:14 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
53
PC
 1/4 3,962 43.47% +1,165 Loser:
NDP
 2,797 30.69% Delton McDonald

Service: 4 years 3 months 28 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 15,018 Votes: 9,623 Participation: 64.08% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
62		 Nova Scotia
8 October 2013
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 7212(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:14 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
57
PC
 1/3 4,178 43.75% +380 Loser:
LIB
 3,798 39.77% Josephine Kennedy

Service: 3 years 7 months 21 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 15,572 Votes: 9,462 Participation: 60.76% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
63		 Nova Scotia
30 May 2017
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 7851(F) — 9 Feb 2022 21:01 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
61
PC
 1/3 6,370 67.73% +4,149 Loser:
LIB
 2,221 23.62% Katherine MacDonald
After his election:
31 Jul 2019 63
PC
 →
Vac.
 Unsuccessfully ran federally
Service: 2 years 2 months 1 day (Oppo.)
Eligible: 15,098 Votes: 7,377 Participation: 48.86% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
63		 Nova Scotia
3 September 2019
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 27382(F) — 18 Aug 2021 12:34 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
63		 Successor:
PC
 3,215 43.73% Brian K. Comer
Eligible: 60,699 Votes: 43,541 Participation: 71.73% Candidacies: 7
Federal
43		 Nova Scotia
21 October 2019
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 26887(F) — 22 Sep 2021 07:58 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
63
CPC
 2/7 14,821 34.52% -1,873 Winner:
LIB
 16,694 38.88% Michael J. Kelloway

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia: a biographical directory from 1984 to the Present
MacLeod, Alfred Wallace (p. 193)		 10 Mar 2024
EN Wikipedia
Alfie MacLeod		 10 Mar 2024

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