John R. McLeod
Encyclopedia
John Robert McLeod was a politician from Alberta
, Canada
.
McLeod was born in Zorra, Ontario
. He was elected to a term in the Alberta Legislature in the 1905 Alberta general election
with a 110 vote plurality over Conservative candidate John Jackson. He would serve as a backbencher with the government and serve on the Committee on Privileges and Elections.
Alberta
Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces...
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
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McLeod was born in Zorra, Ontario
Ontario
Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....
. He was elected to a term in the Alberta Legislature in the 1905 Alberta general election
Alberta general election, 1905
The Alberta general election of 1905 was the first general election held in the Province of Alberta, Canada. It was held on 9 November 1905, to elect members of the Alberta legislature to the 1st Alberta Legislative Assembly, shortly after the province was created out of the Northwest Territories...
with a 110 vote plurality over Conservative candidate John Jackson. He would serve as a backbencher with the government and serve on the Committee on Privileges and Elections.