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Joined Australian Labor Party 1955, Kalgoorlie branch |
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22 May 1971 |
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South-East |
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Electorates
- MLC South-East Province 22 May 1971–21 May 1983
- Contested South Province 19 February 1983
Committees
- Member Joint House Committee 1974–1977, 1978–1983
- Member Printing Committee 1971–1974
- Member Select Committee on National Parks 1980–1981
- Member Select Committee on Cultural and Recreational Facilities 21 April–16 November 1982
- Member Committee Parliament Former Members’ Association from 1985, president for several years from 1999
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Personal Information |
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26 February 1939 |
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Laverton District Hospital, Western Australia |
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Son of George Thomas Leeson, miner, and Amelia May Lawer |
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Married 30 March 1960, Wesley Church, Kalgoorlie to Celestine May Russell, daughter of Herbert Alexander Russell and Gladys May Gaby
Children: one son and two daughters |
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Church of England |
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Educated Boulder Central School, Eastern Goldfields High School and Kalgoorlie School of Mines
Served apprenticeship as fitter and turner with EG Currie in Boulder, then with Kalgoorlie Town Council 1958–1960
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Fitter and turner |
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National Service Training 1958–1959
Employed by Town of Kalgoorlie 1960–1971 |
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Secretary Amalgamated Engineering Union 1967–1972
Member Committee WA Greyhound Racing Board 1983–1989 (deputy chairman from 1986) |
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D Black and G Bolton, eds, Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia: volume two 1930-2010, Western Australian Parliamentary History Project, Perth, WA, 2011, p. 149.
West Australian, 22 February 1971. |
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