| Donald R. MacLeod | |
| Birth Name: | Donald Ross MacLeod |
| Birth Date: | 30 December 1902 |
| Birth Place: | Trenton, Nova Scotia |
| Death Place: | New Glasgow, Nova Scotia |
| Office: | MLA for Pictou Centre |
| Term Start: | 1956 |
| Term End: | 1970 |
| Predecessor: | Alfred B. DeWolfe |
| Successor: | Ralph F. Fiske |
| Party: | Progressive Conservative |
| Occupation: | druggist |
Donald Ross MacLeod (December 30, 1902 – October 20, 1976) was a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Pictou Centre in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1956 to 1970. He was a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia.[1]
Born in 1902 at Trenton, Nova Scotia, MacLeod graduated from Dalhousie University and was a druggist by career.[2] He married Ivy Verona Phillips in 1935.[2]
From 1944 to 1946, MacLeod served as mayor of New Glasgow, Nova Scotia.[2] MacLeod entered provincial politics in the 1956 election, winning the Pictou Centre riding by 336 votes.[3] He was re-elected in the 1960,[4] and 1963 elections.[5] In July 1964, MacLeod was appointed to the Executive Council of Nova Scotia as Minister without portfolio.[2] [6] He was re-elected in the 1967 election.[7] In the 1970 election, MacLeod was defeated by Liberal Ralph F. Fiske.[8] [9] MacLeod died at New Glasgow on October 20, 1976.[2]