Hector Lawrence MacLeod

MACLEOD, HECTOR LAWRENCE, carpenter, fisher, farmer, realtor, and contractor; b. 30 June 1944 in Ingonish, Nova Scotia, son of Walter MacLeod and Julia Hardy; m. 16 September 1967 Elizabeth Campbell, and they had two children, Sherri and Patti. MacLeod, a Liberal, was first elected to the Legislative Assembly in the general election of 1993 for 1st Prince. He was re-elected in the general election of 1996 for the new electoral district of Alberton-Miminegash. He was defeated in the general election of 2000. MacLeod was a member of several Legislative Committees, including agriculture, forestry and environment, fisheries, intergovernmental affairs, and transportation and public accounts. In 1997 he was appointed chair of the Liberal caucus and party Whip. MacLeod served as the Opposition critic for forestry, fisheries, and the environment from 1996 to 2000. MacLeod served on the Alberton Town Council from 1976 to 1979 and was Mayor from 1979 to 1989 and again from 1991 to 1993. He was president of the Federation of Municipalities of Prince Edward Island in 1988 and 1989, and the Prince Edward Island member for the Canadian Federation of Municipalities. MacLeod also served on the Housing Committee and the Rural and Small Town Committee of the Canadian Federation of Municipalities. MacLeod received his education in Ingonish from 1949 to 1961. From 1966 to 1970, he worked as a heavy equipment operator, and as a contractor from 1970 to 1980. MacLeod fished from 1980 to 1990, and was a realtor from 1990 to 1993. He also spent some time farming, and is a carpenter by trade. Hector MacLeod lives in Alberton with his family. Elizabeth MacLeod is the daughter of Robert Erskine Campbell*, who represented 1st Prince from 1962 until his death in 1992.