Lyn McLeod

Lyn McLeod

Ontario MPP
In office 1999–2003
Preceded by	New riding
Succeeded by	Bill Mauro
Constituency	Thunder Bay—Atikokan
In office 1987–1999
Preceded by	Mickey Hennessy
Succeeded by	Riding abolished
Constituency	Fort William
Leader of the Ontario Liberal Party
In office 1992–1996
Preceded by	Jim Bradley
Succeeded by	Dalton McGuinty
Leader of the Opposition
In office 1992–1996
Preceded by	Jim Bradley
Succeeded by	Dalton McGuinty
Personal details
Born	1942 (age 74–75)
Political party	Liberal
Spouse(s)	Neil McLeod
Residence	Thunder Bay, Ontario
Occupation	University administrator

Lyn McLeod (born c. 1942) is former politician in Ontario, Canada. She served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1987 to 2003. McLeod was a cabinet minister in the Liberal government of David Peterson from 1987 to 1990, and served as leader of the Ontario Liberal Party from 1992 to 1996.

McLeod graduated from the University of Manitoba and received a Master of Arts degree in Psychology from Lakehead University, in the Northern Ontario city of Thunder Bay. She was trustee on the Lakehead Board of Education for seventeen years and its chair for seven. McLeod was also appointed to the Board of Governors of Lakehead University in 1986.

She is married to Neil McLeod, a family physician and former President of the Ontario Medical Association. They live in Thunder Bay.

She was elected for the riding of Fort William in the provincial election of 1987, defeating incumbent Progressive Conservative Michael Hennessy by 1,463 votes. The Liberals won a landslide majority in this election and made several historical breakthroughs in Northern Ontario. McLeod was appointed Minister of Colleges and Universities on September 29, 1987. Following a cabinet shuffle on August 2, 1989, she was named Minister of Energy and Minister of Natural Resources.