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{{short description|Canadian civil servant}}
{{Infobox person▼
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Kevin S. MacLeod
| honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=CAN|CVO|CD|size=100%}}
|image = Kevin MacLeod in Canadian Senate Chamber 2009.jpg▼
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|birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1951}}▼
| office = 15th [[Usher of the Black Rod (Canada)|Usher of the Black Rod]]
|birth_place = [[North Sydney, Nova Scotia]]▼
| term_start = 26 May 2008
|death_date = ▼
| term_end = 30 September 2013
|death_place = ▼
| monarch = [[Elizabeth II]]
|other_names = ▼
| governor_general = [[Michaëlle Jean]]<br>[[David Johnston (governor general)|David Johnston]]
|known_for = ▼
| primeminister = [[Stephen Harper]]
|occupation = Author, former [[Usher of the Black Rod of the Senate of Canada|Usher of the Black Rod]], [[Canadian Secretary to the Queen|Secretary to the Queen]]▼
| predecessor = [[Terrance Christopher]]
| successor = [[J. Greg Peters]]
▲| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1951}}
▲| birth_place = [[North Sydney, Nova Scotia]], Canada
▲| death_date =
▲| death_place =
▲| other_names =
▲| known_for =
▲| occupation = Author, former [[Usher of the Black Rod of the Senate of Canada|Usher of the Black Rod]], [[Canadian Secretary to the Queen|Secretary to the Queen]]
| office1 = [[Canadian Secretary to The Queen]]
| termstart1 = April 1, 2009
| termend1 = February 10, 2015
| monarch1 = [[Elizabeth II]]
| successor1 = Donald Booth
| predecessor1 = Major General Maurice Gaston Cloutier
}}
'''Kevin Stewart MacLeod''' {{Post-nominals|post-noms=[[Royal Victorian Order|CVO]] [[Canadian Forces' Decoration|CD]]}} (born 1951) is
Born in [[North Sydney, Nova Scotia]], MacLeod studied at [[Boston University]] and [[Carleton University]], where he received both his [[bachelor's degree]] in history and [[political science]] and a [[master's degree]] in international affairs,<ref name=Senate
It is the responsibility of the Department of Canadian Heritage to
On March 27, 2008, MacLeod was appointed by order of the [[Governor-in-Council]] as the [[Usher of the Black Rod of the Senate of Canada|Usher of the Black Rod]] for [[Senate of Canada|the Senate]],<ref name=PMPR2008 /> replacing [[Terrance Christopher]].
On April 1, 2009, MacLeod was further appointed as the full-time Canadian Secretary to the Queen,<ref name=PMPR2009 /> putting him in charge of, amongst other things, coordinating royal tours of Canada
In 2010, MacLeod was appointed by the Prime Minister to the [[Advisory Committee on Vice-Regal Appointments|Governor General Consultation Committee]],<ref>Office of the Prime Minister of Canada (9 June 2010) “Governor General Consultation Committee” (8 June 2010). “http://news.gc.ca/web/article-eng.do?m=/index&nid=546739”</ref> a special committee to recommend a successor to [[Governor General of Canada]] [[Michaëlle Jean]]. The panel recommended [[David Lloyd Johnston]], who was installed as viceroy on October 1, 2010.<ref>{{cite news |title= Next governor-general unveiled |author1= Gloria Galloway |author2= John Ibbitson |authorlink2= John Ibbitson |url=
MacLeod retired from his post as the Usher in 2013.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.parl.gc.ca/Parlinfo/compilations/OfficersAndOfficials/ProceduralOfficersAndSeniorOfficials_Senate.aspx|title=Procedural Officers and Senior Officials - Senate}}</ref><ref>[http://www.parl.gc.ca/Content/Sen/Chamber/411/Debates/132db_2012-12-14-e.htm#6 Debates of the Senate (Hansard)]</ref><ref>[http://www.parl.gc.ca/Content/Sen/Chamber/411/Debates/129db_2012-12-11-e.htm#3 Debates of the Senate (Hansard)]</ref> MacLeod retired from his post as Canadian Secretary to the Queen, and from the public service, on February 10, 2015.
==Honours==
Kevin S. MacLeod is entitled to the following medals.
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[[File:Royal Victorian Order UK ribbon.png|100px]]
[[File:125canada ribbon.png|100px]]
[[File:Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal ribbon.png|100px]]
[[File:QEII Diamond Jubilee Medal ribbon.png|100px]]▼
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[[File:CD-ribbon.png|100px]]
[[File:SCM ribbon.png|100px]]
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|Ribbon || Description || Notes
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*Commander 2005 (CVO)
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|[[File:125canada ribbon.png|40px]] || [[125th Anniversary of the Confederation of Canada
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|[[File:Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal ribbon.png|40px]] || [[Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal]] || 2002 - Canadian Version of this Medal
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|[[File:QEII Diamond Jubilee Medal ribbon.
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|[[File:CD-ribbon.png|40px]] || [[Canadian Forces' Decoration]] (CD) ||
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|[[File:SCM ribbon.png|40px]] || [[Commemorative Medal for the Centennial of Saskatchewan]] || 2005
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|image = Kevin S. MacLeod Arms.svg
|escutcheon = Per fess wavy Argent and Azure a bar wavy counterchanged, in chief two pommes each charged with a conifer tree issuant from a grassy mound Or, in base a triple-towered castle Argent;
|crest = Issuant from a coronet of maple leaves Or and thistles proper a Celtic cross Or;
|supporters = Two bulls Sable each gorged of a wreath of wood shavings and wheat heads Or, standing on a grassy mound Vert set with sweet peas and roses Or;
|motto = NAM BHRUADARAN CHÌ MI NA H-INNSE GALL (In dreams behold the Hebrides)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gg.ca/en/heraldry/public-register/project/1105 |title=Kevin Stewart MacLeod |publisher=Canadian Heraldic Authority |accessdate=7 December 2023 }}</ref> }}
==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130603073051/http://kevinmacleod.ca/ Personal website of Kevin MacLeod]
* {{YouTube|zoFJLp3Ow-8|The many sides of Kevin MacLeod}}
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[[Category:Canadian civil servants]]
[[Category:Carleton University alumni]]
[[Category:Commanders of the Royal Victorian Order]]▼
[[Category:People from North Sydney, Nova Scotia]]
[[Category:Canadian people of Scottish descent]]
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