Robert Jardine McCleave (19 December 1922 – 3 September 2004) was a Progressive Conservative party member of the House of Commons of Canada.
He was born in Moncton, New Brunswick, and became a journalist, judge and lawyer by career.
He was also an editor of the Halifax Chronicle-Herald and became a news director at radio station CJCH.
McCleave attended Dalhousie University, where he graduated in law studies.
[citation needed] He left federal office after 8 December 1977, prior to the end of his term in the 30th Canadian Parliament and became a provincial court judge for the province of Nova Scotia, where he served for ten years.