Leslie Garland is the younger brother of Julia Ogden's previous husband, Darcy Garland.
Biography
Leslie Garland is Darcy Garland's younger brother who first appeared in Tour de Murdoch. He lives in Buffalo, New York, but travelled to Toronto. Julia finds him in Darcy's house after taking the broker there. She thinks the house has been broken into, but it turns out its just Leslie. They have tea and Leslie tells Julia he wishes to stay in Darcy's house for awhile.
Later, while Leslie and Julia are out on a walk, he his introduced to William Murdoch and George Crabtree. It is quite awkward for them, to say the least.
At the the end of the episode, Julia and William are on a walk and discuss Leslie. It is revealed that William had checked up on Leslie's background and found out he had gotten expelled from university.
In Murdoch in Ragtime, Leslie makes an appearance at the club where the Jubilee Singers are performing. He is introduced formally to Emily Grace, who he saw in Loch Ness Murdoch, by Julia. They show immediate attraction and at the end of the episode, they play a piano duet together at the club, while George, who brought Emily to the club, stands sadly in the background. It is revealed that he will be staying in Toronto for some time, and works as a gardener.
In Unfinished Business, Leslie gives Julia tickets to go to the opera with William, as for some reason he can't go. They don't end up going as they work on the case further. Then in The Murdoch Sting, Leslie walks into the stationhouse during the scheme, and in order for Emily's cover not to be blown, she kisses him VERY passionately several times in front of George, William, Thomas, and Eva Pearce. After Eva leaves, she tells him "I can explain" and he replies with "Please don't", looking very pleased with himself. Because of this, George breaks up with Emily later on in the episode. At the end, Leslie asks Emily out to dinner, and although she declines at first, she changes her mind and off they go. It is revealed George was just around the corner and heard it all, with flowers in his hand.
It is revealed he is a law student in the following episode. In The Spy Who Came Up to the Cold Leslie is arrested by Thomas Brackenreid but is later released.
In Kung Fu Crabtree, it is revealed that Leslie is the one behind the threats supposedly from James Gillies, who was long dead, as a revenge toward Julia and William. At the end of the episode, a furious Dr Ogden tells Lesile to clear his own belonging from Darcy's home by day's end as she intends to sell Darcy's estate after learning about this revelation.