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♂ William M. McLeod
aliasWilliam M. McLeod
Record
42228 · 5342

Church of Scotland   ∞1
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 1 1 2
Birth 4 July 1854 → 169 years + 9 months ago
Lived 77 years + 11 months
First mandate 23 October 1879 → 144 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 25 years + 3 months
Death 13 June 1932 → 91 years + 10 months ago
Exit → Death 49 years + 11 months after 19 June 1882
Special notes
None
 

Family tie with other documented individual
⊖ Hugh McLeod (1842–1879) Brother  
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 2 7 26

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 2  
4 documented challengers
⊖ Murray Dodd  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ William McDonald  m 
 		 ⊖ Newton L. Mackay  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Hector F. McDougall  m 
 
Eligible: 3,702 Votes: 2,759 Participation: 74.53% Candidacies: 3
Federal
4		 Nova Scotia
23 October 1879
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19612(F) — 28 Nov 2021 14:35 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
25
LC
 1/3 1,094 39.65% +228 Loser:
LIB
 866 31.39% Newton L. Mackay

Service: 2 years 7 months 27 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 5,605 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 5
Federal
5		 Nova Scotia
20 June 1882
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19210(F) — 21 Jan 2022 20:57 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
27
LC
 3/5 1,124 40.10% -113 Winner:
CONS
 1,237 44.13% Murray Dodd

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
William Mackenzie McLeod, M.P.		 01 Sep 2023
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
William Mackenzie McLeod, député		 01 Sep 2023
EN Wikipedia
William Mackenzie McLeod		 01 Sep 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  1 Sep 2023 18:00 (but data presented dynamically)

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