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{{Infobox officeholder
| name=Douglas Dwain "Doug" McLeod
| office=Mississippi State Representative<br> for District 107 (George and Stone counties)
| term_start=January 2012
| term_end=
| preceded=Deryk Parker
| succeeded=
| birth_date=December 15, 1960
| birth_place=Lucedale<br>George County<br>[[Mississippi]]
| citizenship=[[United States|American]]
| party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]
| spouse=Michele Fontenelle McLeod
| children=Lauren, Ryan, and Ian
| alma_mater=George County High School<br>
Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College<br>
Hinds Community College
| occupation=[[Business]]man
| religion=[[Presbyterian]]
| residence=Lucedale, Mississippi
}}
'''Douglas Dwain McLeod''', known as '''Doug McLeod''' (born December 15, 1960), is a [[business]]man in his native Lucedale, near Pascagoula on the Gulf Coast of [[Mississippi]], who is the [[Republican Party|Republican]] state representative for District 107 in George and Stone counties.<ref name=billstatus>{{cite web|url=http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/members/house/mcleod.xml|title=Doug McLeod|publisher=Billstatus.ls.state.ms.us|accessdate=October 16, 2017}}</ref>
McLeod graduated from George County High School in Lucedale and studied at the Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College in Perkinston and Hinds Community College in the capital city of [[Jackson]]. He owns McLeod Tire Company in Lucedale.<ref name=pvs>{{cite web|url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/130306/doug-mcleod#.WeQaC7pFzb0|title=Doug McLeod's Biography|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=October 16, 2017}}</ref> He is [[Presbyterian]].<ref name=billstatus/>
In the [[general election]] held on November 8, 2011, McLeod claimed the District 107 House seat vacated by the [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] Representative Deryk Parker (born 1964), a health care administrator who did not seek reelection. McLeod outpolled another Democrat, Douglas L. Lee, 6,110 (68.5 percent) to 2,806 (31.5 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sos.ms.gov/links/elections/results/statewide/MS%20House%20of%20Rep%20MULTI%20COUNTY%20-%20General%20Election%202011%20Results.pdf|title=Election Returns|publisher=Mississippi Secretary of State|date=November 8, 2011|accessdate=October 13, 2017}}</ref>
On November 3, 2015, McLeod won reelection by defeating another Democrat, Austin Howell, 5,197 (76.8 percent) to 1,574 (23.3 percent).<ref name=mssos>{{cite web|url=http://www.sos.ms.gov/Elections-Voting/Pages/2015-General-Election.aspx|title=General election returns|date=November 3, 2015|publisher=Mississippi Secretary of State|accessdate=October 16, 2017}}</ref>
McLeod sits on these House committees: (1) Workforce Development (vice chairman), (2) Accountability, Efficiency, and Transparency, (3) Agriculture, (4) Corrections, (5) Medicaid, (6) Public Health and Human Services, (7) Transportation, (8) Ways and Means.<ref name=pvs/>
Representative McLeod voted in 2012 to require photo identification as a condition for voting in Mississippi and to permit prayer in Mississippi public schools. In 2013, he voted to have the position of state superintendent appointed, but the House rejected the conference report on the matter. In 2014, he voted to restrict [[abortion]]s to twenty weeks of gestation. In 2016, he voted against dismemberment abortions. He supported the expansion of exemptions for compulsory school vaccinations. He voted to grant civil and criminal immunity to those reporting what they believe are instances of [[terrorism]]. He voted to permit churches to have designated personnel with firearms for the overall protection of the congregation. He supported the bill to guarantee within Mississippi protections for religious beliefs and matters of moral conscience. In 2017, he supported the legislation which authorizes additional methods of execution in Mississippi and co-sponsored the measure to classify the killing of first responders as first-degree [[murder]]. He voted to increase identification requirements for [[Medicaid]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/130306/doug-mcleod#.WeQhq7pFzb0|title=Doug McLeod's Voting Records|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=October 16, 2017}}</ref>
==See also==
Other Mississippi Republican state House members:
*[[William Tracy Arnold]]
*[[Dana Criswell]]
*[[Steve Hopkins]]
*[[Trey Lamar]]
*[[Shane Aguirre]]
*[[Jeff Hale]]
*[[Dan Eubanks]]
*[[Robert Foster]]
*[[Ashley Henley]]
*[[Rob Roberson]]
*[[Karl Oliver]]
*[[Bill Kinkade]]
*[[Vince Mangold]]
*[[Brent Powell]]
*[[Cory Wilson]]
*[[William Shirley]]
*[[Shane Barnett]]
*[[Chris Johnson]]
*[[Noah Sanford]]
*[[Timmy Ladner]]
*[[Patricia Willis]]
*[[Brad Touchstone]]
*[[Roun McNeal]]
*[[Charles Busby]]
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:McLeod, Doug}}
[[Category:Mississippi]]
[[Category:Business People]]
[[Category:Politicians]]
[[Category:Republicans]]
[[Category:Conservatives]]
[[Category:Presbyterians]]
[[Category:Pro-life]]
| name=Douglas Dwain "Doug" McLeod
| office=Mississippi State Representative<br> for District 107 (George and Stone counties)
| term_start=January 2012
| term_end=
| preceded=Deryk Parker
| succeeded=
| birth_date=December 15, 1960
| birth_place=Lucedale<br>George County<br>[[Mississippi]]
| citizenship=[[United States|American]]
| party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]
| spouse=Michele Fontenelle McLeod
| children=Lauren, Ryan, and Ian
| alma_mater=George County High School<br>
Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College<br>
Hinds Community College
| occupation=[[Business]]man
| religion=[[Presbyterian]]
| residence=Lucedale, Mississippi
}}
'''Douglas Dwain McLeod''', known as '''Doug McLeod''' (born December 15, 1960), is a [[business]]man in his native Lucedale, near Pascagoula on the Gulf Coast of [[Mississippi]], who is the [[Republican Party|Republican]] state representative for District 107 in George and Stone counties.<ref name=billstatus>{{cite web|url=http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/members/house/mcleod.xml|title=Doug McLeod|publisher=Billstatus.ls.state.ms.us|accessdate=October 16, 2017}}</ref>
McLeod graduated from George County High School in Lucedale and studied at the Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College in Perkinston and Hinds Community College in the capital city of [[Jackson]]. He owns McLeod Tire Company in Lucedale.<ref name=pvs>{{cite web|url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/130306/doug-mcleod#.WeQaC7pFzb0|title=Doug McLeod's Biography|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=October 16, 2017}}</ref> He is [[Presbyterian]].<ref name=billstatus/>
In the [[general election]] held on November 8, 2011, McLeod claimed the District 107 House seat vacated by the [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] Representative Deryk Parker (born 1964), a health care administrator who did not seek reelection. McLeod outpolled another Democrat, Douglas L. Lee, 6,110 (68.5 percent) to 2,806 (31.5 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sos.ms.gov/links/elections/results/statewide/MS%20House%20of%20Rep%20MULTI%20COUNTY%20-%20General%20Election%202011%20Results.pdf|title=Election Returns|publisher=Mississippi Secretary of State|date=November 8, 2011|accessdate=October 13, 2017}}</ref>
On November 3, 2015, McLeod won reelection by defeating another Democrat, Austin Howell, 5,197 (76.8 percent) to 1,574 (23.3 percent).<ref name=mssos>{{cite web|url=http://www.sos.ms.gov/Elections-Voting/Pages/2015-General-Election.aspx|title=General election returns|date=November 3, 2015|publisher=Mississippi Secretary of State|accessdate=October 16, 2017}}</ref>
McLeod sits on these House committees: (1) Workforce Development (vice chairman), (2) Accountability, Efficiency, and Transparency, (3) Agriculture, (4) Corrections, (5) Medicaid, (6) Public Health and Human Services, (7) Transportation, (8) Ways and Means.<ref name=pvs/>
Representative McLeod voted in 2012 to require photo identification as a condition for voting in Mississippi and to permit prayer in Mississippi public schools. In 2013, he voted to have the position of state superintendent appointed, but the House rejected the conference report on the matter. In 2014, he voted to restrict [[abortion]]s to twenty weeks of gestation. In 2016, he voted against dismemberment abortions. He supported the expansion of exemptions for compulsory school vaccinations. He voted to grant civil and criminal immunity to those reporting what they believe are instances of [[terrorism]]. He voted to permit churches to have designated personnel with firearms for the overall protection of the congregation. He supported the bill to guarantee within Mississippi protections for religious beliefs and matters of moral conscience. In 2017, he supported the legislation which authorizes additional methods of execution in Mississippi and co-sponsored the measure to classify the killing of first responders as first-degree [[murder]]. He voted to increase identification requirements for [[Medicaid]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/130306/doug-mcleod#.WeQhq7pFzb0|title=Doug McLeod's Voting Records|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=October 16, 2017}}</ref>
==See also==
Other Mississippi Republican state House members:
*[[William Tracy Arnold]]
*[[Dana Criswell]]
*[[Steve Hopkins]]
*[[Trey Lamar]]
*[[Shane Aguirre]]
*[[Jeff Hale]]
*[[Dan Eubanks]]
*[[Robert Foster]]
*[[Ashley Henley]]
*[[Rob Roberson]]
*[[Karl Oliver]]
*[[Bill Kinkade]]
*[[Vince Mangold]]
*[[Brent Powell]]
*[[Cory Wilson]]
*[[William Shirley]]
*[[Shane Barnett]]
*[[Chris Johnson]]
*[[Noah Sanford]]
*[[Timmy Ladner]]
*[[Patricia Willis]]
*[[Brad Touchstone]]
*[[Roun McNeal]]
*[[Charles Busby]]
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:McLeod, Doug}}
[[Category:Mississippi]]
[[Category:Business People]]
[[Category:Politicians]]
[[Category:Republicans]]
[[Category:Conservatives]]
[[Category:Presbyterians]]
[[Category:Pro-life]]