Lyn McLeod

Lyn McLeod (born ) is a 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.

Thunder Bay connections

Lyn McLeod (born c. 1942) received a Master of Arts degree in Psychology from Lakehead University in Thunder Bay, where she served as a trustee on the Lakehead Board of Education for seventeen years and as its chair for seven, and was appointed to the Board of Governors of Lakehead University in 1986. She was married to the late Neil McLeod, a prominent Thunder Bay family physician. As an Ontario MPP she represented the local ridings of Fort William (1987–1999) and Thunder Bay—Atikokan (1999–2003). She later served as a vice-chair of the board of governors at Confederation College in Thunder Bay and as Chancellor of Lakehead University from 2017 to 2021.

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