Alfie MacLeod

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Before politics

MacLeod was born in Sydney, Nova Scotia in 1956.[2] From 1976 to 1995, he worked a variety of positions with the Cape Breton Development Corporation.

Political career

MacLeod was first elected in an October 1995 by-election in Cape Breton West.[3][4] He was defeated by Liberal Russell MacKinnon when he ran for re-election in 1998.[5][6]

In the 2000 federal election, MacLeod was the Progressive Conservative candidate in the electoral district of Bras d'Or—Cape Breton.[7][8] He lost to Liberal Rodger Cuzner, finishing second, ahead of NDP incumbent Michelle Dockrill.[9][10]

MacLeod returned to provincial politics in 2006, defeating former Liberal MLA Russell MacKinnon for the Progressive Conservative nomination in Cape Breton West,[11] then winning the seat in the 2006 general election.[12][13] On October 25, 2007, MacLeod was elected Speaker of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.[14]

MacLeod was re-elected in the 2009,[15][16] 2013[17] and 2017 elections.[18]

On May 14, 2019, MacLeod announced he was seeking the Conservative nomination in Cape Breton—Canso for the 2019 federal election.[19] He was named the candidate in June 2019.[20] MacLeod resigned his provincial seat on July 31, 2019.[21] He was defeated in the federal election.

Personal life

Married to the former Shirley MacDonald; they have three children.

Electoral record

Federal

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Provincial

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2013 Nova Scotia general election
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Progressive Conservative Alfie MacLeod 4,178 43.75
Liberal Josephine Kennedy 3,798 39.77
New Democratic Party Delton McDonald 1,573 16.47
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2009 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Progressive Conservative Alfie MacLeod 3,986 43.88
New Democratic Party Delton MacDonald 2,750 30.28
Liberal Josephine Kennedy 2,206 24.29
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2006 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Progressive Conservative Alfie MacLeod 4,729 53.76
Liberal Dave LeBlanc 2,488 28.28
New Democratic Party Terry Crawley 1,344 15.28
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1998 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Liberal Russell MacKinnon 4,528
New Democratic Party Brian C. Stanley 2,933
Progressive Conservative Alfie MacLeod 2,818

References

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