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| image = | caption =Northwest Territories (electoral district)>Northwest Territories| parliament = Canadian| term_start = October 19, 2015| term_end = | predecessor = Dennis Bevington| successor = Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories>Member of the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest TerritoriesDeh Cho (electoral district)>Deh Cho| term_start1 = December 6, 1999| term_end1 = October 3, 2011| predecessor1 = Samuel Gargan| successor1 = Michael Nadli| birth_name = 195906|mf=yes}}| birth_place = Fort Providence, Northwest Territories, CanadaLiberal Party of Canada>LiberalBob McLeod (politician)>Bob McLeod (brother)Fort ProvidenceHTTPS://WWW.ELECTIONS.CA/RES/REP/OFF/OVR2019APP/51/TABLE12E.HTMLPUBLISHER=ELECTIONS CANADA, January 23, 2021, }}Michael McLeod {{post-nominals|country=CAN|MP}} (born September 6, 1959) is a Canadian politician, currently serving as a member of Parliament representing the Northwest Territories. He was first elected in the 2015 Canadian federal election, unseating Dennis Bevington, who was the incumbent New Democratic Party MP for the riding. McLeod was a former member of the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories, Canada, as well as the former mayor of Fort Providence.

Political career

McLeod was born in Fort Providence, Northwest Territories. When he was 22, he served as a mayor of Fort Providence after being chosen by the local Dene council.WEB,weblink Michael McLeod, Liberal, wants to bring people together, CBC News, May 23, 2017, October 9, 2015, Gleeson, Richard, McLeod first ran for a seat in the 1999 Northwest Territories general election. He won an upset election defeating Speaker Samuel Gargan to win the Deh Cho electoral district. He was re-elected in the 2003 Northwest Territories general election winning a hotly contested election over challenger Michael Nadli by just 13 votes.{{citation needed|date=September 2017}}McLeod was returned by acclamation in the 2007 Northwest Territories general election, and served in cabinet as Minister of Transportation and Minister of Public Works and Services. He was defeated by Michael Nadli in the 2011 election.{{citation needed|date=May 2017}}After his defeat in 2011, McLeod became the director of the Mackenzie River Environmental Impact Review Board and worked to promote tourism in the South Slave for the territorial government. He won the Liberal Party of Canada nomination for the Northwest Territories riding for the 2015 Canadian federal election over Gail Cyr,WEB,weblink Michael McLeod wins N.W.T. Liberal nomination, CBC News, August 10, 2015, 2016-04-12, after a third competitor, Kieron Testart, withdrew from the race and endorsed McLeod.WEB,weblink Kieron Testart drops out of N.W.T. Liberal race, supports Michael McLeod, CBC News, July 30, 2015, 2016-04-12, On October 19, 2015, McLeod defeated New Democrat incumbent Dennis Bevington to win the seat.WEB,weblink Liberal's Michael McLeod wins Northwest Territories, CBC News, October 19, 2015, 2016-04-12, McLeod was re-elected in the 2019 federal election.His brother Bob McLeod was a member of the legislature and Premier of the NWT (2011–2019).WEB,weblink MLAs angle for top jobs, Northern News Services, Jack Danylchuk, October 3, 2007, October 8, 2007, {{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

Electoral record

Federal

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2011 Northwest Territories general election bgcolor="CCCCCC"|!Name!Vote!%{{Canadian party colour|NT|Independent|row}}|Michael Nadli394{{Canadian party colour|NT|Independent|row}}|Michael McLeod226{| class="wikitable"2007 Northwest Territories general election bgcolor="CCCCCC"PUBLISHER=ELECTIONS NWT ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20080411063925/HTTP://WWW.ELECTIONSNWT.CA/PDF/VOTINGRESULTSFORTHEGENERALELECTION2007ENG.PDF URL-STATUS=DEAD, !Name!Vote!%{{Canadian party colour|NT|Independent|row}}|Michael McLeodAcclaimed{| class="wikitable"2003 Northwest Territories general election bgcolor="CCCCCC"PUBLISHER=ELECTIONS NWTARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20080411063907/HTTP://WWW.ELECTIONSNWT.CA/PDF/VOTINGRESULTSFORTHEGENERALELECTION2003ENG.PDFURL-STATUS=DEAD, !Name!Vote!%{{Canadian party colour|NT|Independent|row}}|Michael McLeod|318|51.04%{{Canadian party colour|NT|Independent|row}}|Michael Nadli|305|48.96%Total Valid Ballots|623|100%Voter Turnout 79.35%Rejected Ballots 7{| class="wikitable"1999 Northwest Territories general election bgcolor="CCCCCC"PUBLISHER=ELECTIONS NWTARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20080411063937/HTTP://WWW.ELECTIONSNWT.CA/PDF/VOTINGRESULTSFORTHEGENERALELECTIONS1999ENG.PDFURL-STATUS=DEAD, !Name!Vote!%{{Canadian party colour|NT|Independent|row}}|Michael McLeod|382|62.62%{{Canadian party colour|NT|Independent|row}}|Samuel Gargan|228|37.38%Total|610|100%Voter Turnout 84.25%Rejected Ballots 5

References

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External links

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• weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20100802170025weblink">Michael McLeod biography

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