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MLC |
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Labor
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Australian Labor Party
1998 - present |
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4 April 2017 |
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East Metropolitan |
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State
Electorates
- MLC East Metropolitan 4 April 2017–21 May 2017. Elected to the Fortieth Parliament for East Metropolitan Region on 4 April 2017 to fill a vacancy upon resignation of Hon Amber-Jade Sanderson on 5 February 2017. Retired 21 May 2017.
- Candidate for Legislative Council, 2008
Commonwealth
- Candidate for the Federal seat of Pearce, 2011
- Candidate for the Federal seat of Hasluck, 2016
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Personal Information |
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17 January 1958 |
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Sydney, Australia |
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Arrived in WA, January 1998 |
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Son of Archelias Victor Leadbetter, police officer and social worker, and Ruby Isobel Leadbetter (nee Green), secondary school teacher |
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Married 28 September 2012, St George's Cathedral, Perth to Margo Norman, daughter of Ernest Norman and Marie Norman
Children: one daughter |
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Anglican |
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Lane Cove Public Primary School, 1963-1969
Barker College, 1970-1975
Macquarie University BA (Hons), PhD
Edith Cowan University Graduate Certificate in Education
University of Divinity Graduate Diploma in Theology
GAICD
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Academic
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Secondary Teacher, Kambala CEGS, Rose Bay, 1985-1992
Lecturer in Ancient History, Macquarie University, 1992-1997
Lecturer in History, Edith Cowan University, 1998-2001
Senior Lecturer in Education, Edith Cowan University, 2001-2011
Adjunct Associate Professor in History, The University of Notre Dame Australia
Scholar, St George's Cathedral
Candidate, Anglican Holy Orders, Diocese of Perth |
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Lived in Sydney 1958-1983; Oxford, UK, 1984; then again in Sydney, 1985-1997
Member of IEU, 1985-1992
Member, NTEU, 1993-2017
Member, CPSU, 2017-2021
Member, Faith Workers' Alliance
Member, Australian College of Educators (postnominal, MACE)
Fellow of The Royal Historical Society (postnominal, FRHistS)
Board member and Chair, Swan Valley Anglican Community School, 2008-2012
Member, Perth Anglican Diocesan Council, 2015-2023
Member, Perth Anglican Diocesan Trustees, 2017-2023
Lay Canon, St Georges Cathedral, 2008-2023
Participant and leader, archaeological survey work at Aperlae, southern Turkey, and published a range of inscriptions from the site
Contributed to the study of genocide in antiquity
Contributed to the development of history education in Western Australian schools
Participant in the ABC Program “Sunday Nights with John Cleary”
Author:
- Galerius and the Tetrarchy, 1994, unpublished PhD thesis held by Macquarie University
- Galerius and the Will of Diocletian.Routedge, 2009. A study of the politics of the Roman Empire at the turn of the fourth century AD
- Father Horse: a novel of Roman Britain. Resource Publications, Eugene, Oregon, USA, 2023. Written under the pseudonym William Lewis
- published widely in Roman history and in the history of the early church
- working on a series of interlinked biographies to be entitled Roman Lives
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St Georges Cathedral website. Accessed 5 October 2023. https://www.perthcathedral.org/cathedral-scholars/ |
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