"Big" Donnie MacLeod

Canadian politician January 2023 "Big" Donnie MacLeod 1928 12 11 2003 01 03 1928 12 11 MLA for Cape Breton West 1981 1988 David Muise Russell MacKinnon Progressive Conservative Donald Archie "Big Donnie" MacLeod (December 11, 1928 – January 3, 2003) was a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Cape Breton West in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1981 to 1988. He was a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia.https://nslegislature.ca/sites/default/files/constituencies/pdfs/cape%20breton%20west.pdf Electoral History for Cape Breton West Nova Scotia Legislative Library 2018-04-06 2018-04-06 https://web.archive.org/web/20180406163903/https://nslegislature.ca/sites/default/files/constituencies/pdfs/cape%20breton%20west.pdf dead Born in 1928 at Marion Bridge, Nova Scotia,Elliott Shirley B. Shirley Elliott The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia, 1758–1983 : a biographical directory https://archive.org/details/legislativeassem0000unse/page/145 2018-04-06 1984 Public Archives of Nova Scotia 0-88871-050-X 145 MacLeod served 23 years as a municipal councillor for Cape Breton County."Big" Donnie MacLeod dies The Chronicle Herald January 6, 2003 MacLeod first attempted to enter provincial politics in the 1978 election, finishing third in the Cape Breton West riding.http://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201978.pdf Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1978 Elections Nova Scotia 1978 2014-11-04 2017-01-10 https://web.archive.org/web/20170110173414/http://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201978.pdf dead MacLeod ran again in the 1981 election, and defeated the incumbent David Muise by 390 votes to win the seat.http://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201981.pdf Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1981 Elections Nova Scotia 1981 2014-11-04 2017-01-11 https://web.archive.org/web/20170111005759/http://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General dead He was re-elected in the 1984 election, defeating Liberal Russell MacKinnon by 1,110 votes.http://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201984.pdf Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1984 Elections Nova Scotia 1984 2014-11-04 2013-10-05 https://web.archive.org/web/20131005021932/http://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201984.pdf dead He was defeated by MacKinnon when he ran for re-election in 1988.http://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201988.pdf Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1988 Elections Nova Scotia 1988 2014-11-04 2014-05-12 https://web.archive.org/web/20140512225642/http://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201988.pdf dead MacLeod died on January 3, 2003. References 2 Category:1928 births Category:2003 deaths Category:Articles with quotation marks in the title Category:Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia MLAs Category:Nova Scotia municipal councillors Category:20th-century members of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly