Leslie Charles "Les" Nimmo (23 February 1897 – 6 November 1972) was an Australian politician who was a
Liberal Party
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member of the
Legislative Assembly of
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from 1947 to 1956 and again from 1959 to 1968.
Nimmo was born in
Hobart
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, to Frances (née Grahame) and James Nimmo. He served with the
Royal Australian Navy
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during World War I, and on his return to Hobart worked as a shop assistant. Nimmo moved to
Perth
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in 1930, and began working for a department store, where he eventually became a manager.
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– Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia. Retrieved 29 May 2016. He entered parliament at the
1947 state election, narrowly winning the inner-city
seat of Mount Hawthorn from the
Labor Party. At the
1950 election, Nimmo transferred to the new
seat of Wembley Beaches, with his old seat reverting to the Labor Party. He again attempted to move seats at the
1956 election, but was defeated in the
seat of Leederville by the sitting member, Labor's
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. A Labor candidate,
Frederick Marshall, also won in Wembley Beaches, but Nimmo reclaimed that seat at the
1959 election. However, Wembley Beaches was abolished prior to the
1962 election, forcing another change of seats to the new
Karrinyup electorate. Nimmo held Karrinyup until his retirement at the
1968 election.
He died in Perth in November 1972, aged 75. He was married twice, having two children by his first wife and then remarrying at the age of 67 following her death.
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1897 births
1972 deaths
Liberal Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Western Australia
Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly
Politicians from Hobart