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Alexander Neil MacLeod
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Physician.
Born at Kildonan in 1868, son of Murdoch MacLeod and Frances Munroe, he was educated at the East Kildonan School, Winnipeg Collegiate, University of Manitoba (BA 1887), and the Manitoba Medical College (1893). He had a medical practice at Stonewall from 1893 to 1923. He served as secretary for the Medical College (1923-1938) and, for some time, he was assistant provincial coroner to Dr. Henry Martindale Speechly.
On 13 October 1898, he married Margaret Arnett and they had three children: Alan Arnett MacLeod, Margaret Helen MacLeod (1904-?, wife of A. E. Annelis), and Frances Marion MacLeod (1912-?, wife of C. W. Adams). During his residence in Stonewall, he was active in community activities. He served as Mayor of Stonewall (1907-1909) and was a member of the local school board. He was a member of the AF & AM (Northern Light Lodge).
He died at his Winnipeg home, 138 Maryland Street, on 11 October 1940 and was buried in the Old Kildonan Cemetery.
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: McLeod House (292 Main Street, Stonewall)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Donald McLeod School No. 2221 (270 Wallace Avenue, RM of East St. Paul)
Birth registrations [Margaret Helen MacLeod, Frances Marion McLeod], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
The Story of Manitoba by F. H. Schofield, Winnipeg: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1913.
“Dr. A. N. MacLeod, V.C. airman’s father, dies at his home,” Winnipeg Free Press, 12 October 1940.
“A. N. McLeod, noted doctor, dies, aged 73,” Winnipeg Tribune, 12 October 1940. [Manitoba Legislative Library, Biographical Scrapbook B9]
Death notice [Alexander Neil MacLeod], Winnipeg Free Press, 12 October 1940, page 26.
“Medical profession pays last tribute to Dr. A.N. McLeod,” Winnipeg Free Press, 16 October 1940, page 4.
“Death climaxes careers of many notable people in course of 1940,” Winnipeg Free Press, 1 January 1941, page 1.
Dictionary of Manitoba Biography by John M. “Jack” Bumsted, Winnipeg: University of Manitoba Press, December 1999, 288 pages.
We thank Alan Arnett MacLeod Adams and Nathan Kramer for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 30 June 2025
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