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Norman Bruce McLeod was Moderator of The United Church of Canada, 1972-1974. He was born in Toronto in 1929. He obtained his B.D. from Emmanuel College in 1953, M.A. from Columbia University and Th.D. from Union Theological Seminary in 1960. He was ordained by Toronto Conference in 1953 and served at the following churches in Ontario: Victoria Harbour, 1956-1958; St. Stephen’s on-the-Hill, Port Credit, 1958-1965; Westdale United Church, Hamilton, 1965-1970; Bloor Street United Church, Toronto, 1970-1975; and Richmond Hill United Church, 1979-1983; Metropolitan Toronto, 1984-1987; Bellefair, 1989-1994. Following retirement in 1994, he served as long term pulpit supply at St. John’s Stratford, 1994-1995; St. John’s Scarborough, 2000; Rosedale, 2000-2001. During his term as moderator he travelled extensively in Canada. In 1975 following his term as Moderator he became a Commissioner of the Ontario Human Rights Commission and was responsible for public hearings across Ontario, receiving 300 written briefs and drafting "Life Together", the first revision of the Human Rights Code in 15 years.
In the 1980s and 1990s Dr. McLeod was often invited as international observer and went to Africa, Latin America and Asia. Inter-faith conversations were a hallmark of his service. He was a frequent contributor to the United Church Observer and for eight years, a weekly op-ed columnist for the Toronto Star.