A. A. MacLeod

A. A. MacLeod
Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament
for Bellwoods
In office
1943–1951
Preceded byArthur Roebuck
Succeeded byJohn Yaremko
Personal details
Born
Alexander Albert MacLeod

(1902-04-02)April 2, 1902
Black Rock, Victoria County, Nova Scotia, Canada
DiedMarch 13, 1970(1970-03-13) (aged 67)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Political partyLabor-Progressive (1943–56)
Spouse(s)Annie Jean Hicks (married 1923; she died three years later); and Virginia MacLean (married 1930)
Children4
EducationKing's Coll., Windsor, Nova Scotia; Halifax Business School[1]
OccupationYMCA secretary, 1920s; business manager and executive editor, The World Tomorrow, 1929-34; chairman, Canadian League Against War and Fascism (League for Peace and Democracy), 1934-39; council member, International Peace Campaign, 1936-37; MPP, 1943-51

Alexander Albert MacLeod (April 2, 1902 – March 13, 1970) was a political organizer and a prominent member of the Communist Party of Canada and, later, of its legal group, the Labor-Progressive Party. He was an elected Member of Provincial Parliament in Ontario (1943–51).

  1. ^ Josephson, Harold (1985). Biographical Dictionary of Modern Peace Leaders. Connecticut: Greenwood. pp. 588-589. ISBN 0-313-22565-6.