Andrew Leslie

Andrew Brooke Leslie (born December 26, 1957) is a retired Canadian Forces Lieutenant-General and politician who served as the Chief of the Land Staff from 2006 to 2010 and as a Member of Parliament representing the riding of Orléans in the House of Commons, from 2015 until 2019. Background Born at Ottawa in 1957, his father was Brigadier-General Edward Murray Dalziel Leslie (né McNaughton), Commander of 1st Regiment, Royal Canadian Horse Artillery (1 RCHA) during the Korean War. Leslie's father changed the family name from McNaughton to Leslie in compliance with the terms of an inheritance from his aunt (and wife of James Norman Stuart Leslie, descended from British Army Captain James Norman Stewart Leslie and General David Leslie). His paternal grandfather was former Chief of the General Staff and Minister of National Defence General Andrew McNaughton, and his maternal grandfather was former Canadian Minister of National Defence Brooke Claxton. Military career Leslie joined the 30th Field Regiment whilst at the University of Ottawa. As a graduate student in London, he was attached to the Honourable Artillery Company, before transferring to the Regular Force in 1981. He went on to be commanding officer of 1st Regiment, Royal Canadian Horse Artillery in Shilo, Manitoba. Yugoslavia In 1995 Leslie was promoted colonel and posted to Yugoslavia as Chief of Staff for Sector South. He then became the chief of staff and deputy commander of United Nations Confidence Restoration Operation in Croatia. During the attack of the Croatian forces on the Serbian-held Krajina region, he was credited with leading an operation which resulted in saving lives of 40 civilians.