Kenneth James Leese (born 25 November 1928) is an Australian former politician who was a member of the

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Biography

Leese was born at Fenton,

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, the son of James William Leese and his wife Florence Gertrude (née Bailey). He was educated at the

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as an aeroengineer before migrating to Australia where he worked as a toolmaker and union organiser. On 21 July 1953 he married Jean Henshall and together had two sons and a daughter.

Public career

Leese won the new electorate of

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at the

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, defeating the Country Party,

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, and DLP candidates. He held the seat until the next state election in 1974 when he lost the seat to

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of the Liberal Party.Akers, Robert George (Rob)
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. Retrieved 10 June 2016. He contested Pine Rivers again in 1977 but was once again defeated by Akers. From 1979 until 1985 he was an alderman on the

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for the ward of Bramble Bay.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Leese, Kenneth James 1928 births Possibly living people Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Queensland