Leslie Hill McDorman (January 19, 1879 – May 19, 1966[1]) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1945 to 1949 as a Liberal-Progressive. He was elected to the Manitoba legislature in the 1945 provincial election, representing the constituency of Brandon.[2]

He was born in Great Village, Nova Scotia and came to Brandon, Manitoba around 1901. McDorman was mayor of Brandon from 1944 to 1945.[1]

McDorman's won the seat as the result of a local division in the Cooperative Commwealth Federation. Dwight Johnson had previously been elected for Brandon as a CCF candidate in a 1943 by-election, but was suspended from the party on suspicions of holding communist sympathies. He ran for re-election as an "Independent CCF" candidate, and the local CCF organization fielded a candidate against him. This division in the left allowed McDorman to win a fairly easy victory.

He served as a government backbencher for the next four years, supporting the administrations of Stuart Garson and Douglas Campbell. McDorman did not seek re-election in 1949.[2]

He died in Rivers at the age of 87 and was buried in Brandon.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Leslie Hill McDorman (1879-1966)". Memorable Manitobans. Manitoba Historical Society. Retrieved 2013-05-16.
  2. ^ a b "MLA Biographies - Deceased". Legislative Assembly of Manitoba. Archived from the original on March 30, 2014.


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