Leslie Harold Densley (14 September 1894 – 14 November 1974) was a farmer and politician in

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History

He was born the third son of Alfred Milner Densley and Emily Densley of Torrens Road, Woodville. He was educated at Woodville Public School, later farmed near

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. He was a longtime member of the

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and of the Keith Agricultural Bureau. He was elected as a

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candidate to the Legislative Council for the Southern District in April 1944 and held it until 1967. In 1953 he was elected one of the Government appointees to the

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council. He served as

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from 1962. He retired in June 1967; Victor George Springett won the resulting by-election.

Family

He married Susan Grace Wilson of Ardrossan on 22 May 1918 and lived at

. They had one son, Harold Milner Densley, who married Margaret Jean Harris on 28 February 1942. His brother, Alfred Ingledew Densley was born ca.1889 in

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, moved to Adelaide in infancy, educated at Rose Park and

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, farmed at Warrego and Keith. Alfred Densley fought in France in World War I, and was awarded the MM in 1918.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Densley, Leslie Harold Members of the South Australian Legislative Council 1894 births 1974 deaths Liberal and Country League politicians People from Keith, South Australia 20th-century Australian politicians Presidents of the South Australian Legislative Council