Leon Samuel Snider (1897 – 9 August 1965) was an Australian politician. He was born in Melbourne to Polish immigrant fruit merchant Phillip Snider and Diare Rachel Pahl. He attended Scotch College and became a theatre proprietor, moving to

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in 1925. On 15 May 1930 he married Ruth Cohen, with whom he had three children. He was a partner in the film distribution company Snider and Dean, and also served on Woollahra Council from 1935 to 1948 (mayor in 1944). From 1943 to 1965 he was a member of the

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, first as a member of the Liberal Party and from 1959 as a Country Party member. Snider died in Sydney in 1965.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Snider, Leon 1897 births 1965 deaths Liberal Party of Australia members of the Parliament of New South Wales National Party of Australia members of the Parliament of New South Wales Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council 20th-century Australian politicians Mayors of Woollahra