William Lewis Leadbetter is an Australian politician and historian. He was a

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member of the

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for East Metropolitan from 4 April 2017, when he was elected in a countback following the resignation of

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., and his term concluded on 21 May 2017, when the new Legislative Council elected at the 2017 state election took its seats. Leadbetter did not seek re-election. Leadbetter was born in

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, and has been a university lecturer in history in

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since 1998. He previously contested the federal seats of

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in 2010 and Hasluck in 2016.

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