Roderick Hugh McLeod (22 December 1862 – 26 November 1924) was an Australian politician. He was born in Daylesford to Donald McLeod and Annie Rennie. He was a teacher and journalist, having graduated with a

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. He taught at Wesley College and was also a sporting coach at Melbourne University. Around 1885 he married Molly Heffernan, with whom he had one son. In 1923 he contested a by-election for the

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seat of Daylesford, which had been vacated on his father's death. Running as a

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candidate, he was initially defeated by the Labor candidate James McDonald, but was then declared elected after a recount. He lost his seat to McDonald at the 1924 state election, and died later that year at

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{{DEFAULTSORT:McLeod, Roderick 1862 births 1924 deaths Nationalist Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Victoria Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly People from Daylesford, Victoria