{{Short description|Canadian politician}} {{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder | image = | name = Donald R. MacLeod | birth_name = Donald Ross MacLeod | birth_date = {{birth date|1902|12|30}} | birth_place = Trenton, Nova Scotia | death_date = {{death date and age|1976|10|20|1902|12|30}} | death_place = New Glasgow, Nova Scotia | office = MLA for Pictou Centre | term_start = 1956 | term_end = 1970 | predecessor = Alfred B. DeWolfe | successor = Ralph F. Fiske | party = Progressive Conservative | occupation = druggist }}
'''Donald Ross MacLeod''' (December 30, 1902 – October 20, 1976) was a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Pictou Centre in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1956 to 1970. He was a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nslegislature.ca/sites/default/files/constituencies/pdfs/pictou%20centre.pdf|title=Electoral History for Pictou Centre|publisher=Nova Scotia Legislative Library|accessdate=2018-04-03}}</ref>
Born in 1902 at Trenton, Nova Scotia, MacLeod graduated from Dalhousie University and was a druggist by career.<ref name="bio directory">{{cite book|last1=Elliott|first1=Shirley B.|author-link1=Shirley Elliott|title=The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia, 1758–1983 : a biographical directory|url=https://archive.org/details/legislativeassem0000unse/page/145|accessdate=2018-04-03|year=1984|publisher=Public Archives of Nova Scotia|isbn=0-88871-050-X|page=[https://archive.org/details/legislativeassem0000unse/page/145 145]}}</ref> He married Ivy Verona Phillips in 1935.<ref name="bio directory"/>
From 1944 to 1946, MacLeod served as mayor of New Glasgow, Nova Scotia.<ref name="bio directory"/> MacLeod entered provincial politics in the 1956 election, winning the Pictou Centre riding by 336 votes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201956.pdf|title=Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1956|publisher=Elections Nova Scotia|year=1956|page=62|accessdate=2015-04-27}}</ref> He was re-elected in the 1960,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201960.pdf|title=Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1960|publisher=Elections Nova Scotia|year=1960|page=62|accessdate=2015-04-27}}</ref> and 1963 elections.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201963.pdf|title=Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1963|publisher=Elections Nova Scotia|year=1963|page=65|accessdate=2015-04-27}}</ref> In July 1964, MacLeod was appointed to the Executive Council of Nova Scotia as Minister without portfolio.<ref name="bio directory"/><ref>{{cite news|title=N.S. cabinet is reshuffled by Stanfield|work=The Globe and Mail|date=July 1, 1964}}</ref> He was re-elected in the 1967 election.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201967.pdf|title=Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1967|publisher=Elections Nova Scotia|year=1967|page=67|accessdate=2015-04-27}}</ref> In the 1970 election, MacLeod was defeated by Liberal Ralph F. Fiske.<ref>{{cite news|title=PCs rebuffed, Liberals surge to N.S. victory|work=The Globe and Mail|date=October 14, 1970}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201970.pdf|title=Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1970|publisher=Elections Nova Scotia|year=1970|page=70|accessdate=2015-04-27}}</ref> MacLeod died at New Glasgow on October 20, 1976.<ref name="bio directory"/>
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