Identity area
Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
McLeod, Hugh Alexander
Parallel form(s) of name
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Other form(s) of name
- McLeod, Rev. Hugh A.
- McLeod, Dr. Hugh A.
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Description area
Dates of existence
1894–1992
History
Hugh Alexander McLeod (1894-1992) was a Presbyterian/United Church minister and Moderator of the United Church. He was born in Owen Sound, Ontario. Originally planning to pursue a career in law, he worked his way through university as a helmsman on the Great Lakes' steamboats. He served as a quartermaster aboard barges crossing the English Channel with ammunition during World War I. In 1921, he married Doreen Taggart. He was ordained a Presbyterian minister in Luseland, Saskatchewan, in 1920 and served various charges in Western Canada. In 1960, he was elected Moderator of the United Church.
Places
Luseland (1920-?), Wolseley (1925), Saskatchewan; Alberta (1925-1937, 1963-1965); British Columbia (1938-1947, 1966-1985); Manitoba (1948-1960); Toronto (1961-1962).
Legal status
Functions, occupations and activities
Presbyterian minister (1920-1925); United Church minister (1925-), retired 1961; United Church of Canada Moderator (1960-1961).
Mandates/sources of authority
Internal structures/genealogy
General context
Relationships area
Access points area
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Occupations
Control area
Authority record identifier
Maintained by
Institution identifier
SCNUCSC
Rules and/or conventions used
Status
Draft
Level of detail
Partial
Dates of creation, revision and deletion
2018: drafted for SAIN.
2021: revised in MemorySask.
Language(s)
- English
Script(s)
Sources
UCC Archives (Toronto) entry "McLeod, Hugh Alexander, 1894-1992," in Archeion database (Archives Association of Ontario); Douglas Walkington, United Church Ministers 1925-1980, p.555; Walkington, Ministers of the United Church of Canada 1981-1985, p.113; Walkington, Ministers 1985-2011.