Lawyer.
Born at Winnipeg on 22 November 1892, son of Daniel and Phoebe Macleod, he received a degree from the Manitoba Law School (1916) and articled in law with Albert Blellock Hudson.
He was called to the Manitoba Bar in 1917 and was a partner with the firm of Hudson Ormond Spice Swift and Macleod. He was made a King’s Counsel in 1942 and retired from active practice in 1969. He served for several years as a councillor for the Rural Municipality of East Kildonan and was solicitor for the Union of Manitoba Municipalities and the RM of Springfield.
On 14 September 1918, he married Catherine Linton Sutherland (1889-1977, daughter of John Sutherland) at Winnipeg and they had two children: Catherine Linton Macleod (1919-?, wife of Jim Stewart Gilchrist) and Clive John Macleod (1923-?).
He died at Winnipeg on 8 July 1982 and was buried in the Chapel Lawn Memorial Gardens.
See also:
Manitoba Business: D’Arcy and Deacon
Marriage registration [Catherine Linton Sutherland, Clive Jeffery Macleod], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Birth registration [Catherine Linton Macleod, Clive John Macleod], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Marriage registration [Catherine Linton Macleod, Jim Stewart Gilchrist], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
“New Year’s honors,” Winnipeg Free Press, 1 January 1942, page 4.
Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 12 July 1982, page 42.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 28 August 2024
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