Sir Joseph William Leech (1865 – 30 May 1940) was a Unionist Party (now Conservative Party) politician elected as the Member of Parliament for Newcastle upon Tyne West between 1931 and 1940. The son of Isaac Leech and Sarah, Leech was christened on 7 May 1865 in

Cleator Cleator is a village in the English county of Cumbria and within the boundaries of the historic county of Cumberland. Cleator is 1½ miles south of the town of Cleator Moor on the A5086 road. Cleator was the original village, Cleator Moor ...

, Cumberland. He was educated at

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before becoming consulting surgeon to the

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and Throat and Ear Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne. He became president of the University of Durham Medical Graduates' Association and Newcastle Clinical Society, and a senior fellow of the Association of Surgeons of Great Britain. He was also a member of the

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, and held the rank of Major with the

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. He also qualified as a barrister, became a member of Newcastle City Council in 1932, and was elected mayor in 1932.M.P.'s Death after Meeting", ''The Glasgow Herald'' - 31 May 1940
retrieved 25 December 2013

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Sir Joseph William Leech
at the National Portrait Gallery, 8 December 1931

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Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1931–1935 UK MPs 1935–1945 1865 births 1940 deaths People from Cleator Moor Alumni of Durham University College of Medicine {{England-Conservative-UK-MP-1860s-stub