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

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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Rolls-Royce 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, Liberal Party, 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)
— Queensland Parliament. 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 Brisbane City Council 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