John Norman McLeod, often known as Norman McLeod (8 October 1816 – 18 April 1886) was a pastoralist and politician in colonial

Victoria Victoria most commonly refers to: * Victoria (Australia), a state of the Commonwealth of Australia * Victoria, British Columbia, provincial capital of British Columbia, Canada * Victoria (mythology), Roman goddess of Victory * Victoria, Seychelle ...

, a member of the

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. McLeod was born in Durham, England, son of Donald McLeod and Catherine McLean. McLeod emigrated to Van Diemen's Land 1820 and moved to

Indented Head Indented Head is a small coastal township located on the Bellarine Peninsula, east of Geelong, in the Australian state of Victoria. The town lies on the coast of the Port Phillip bay between the towns of Portarlington and St Leonards. Indent ...

in the

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(later to become the colony of Victoria) in July 1837. In April 1859, McLeod was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly for

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, a position he held until resigning in September 1860. McLeod's son

Donald Norman McLeod Donald Norman McLeod (10 June 1848 – 25 October 1914) was an Australian pastoralist and politician, a member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. McLeod was born on Borhoneyghurk station along the Moorabool River near Portland in Victoria ...

also represented Portland in the Assembly.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:McLeod, John Norman 1816 births 1886 deaths Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly 19th-century Australian politicians English emigrants to colonial Australia