Leonie Anne Hiscutt (born 14 January 1959) is an Australian politician, who has been a member of the

Tasmanian Legislative Council The Tasmanian Legislative Council is the upper house of the Parliament of Tasmania in Australia. It is one of the two chambers of the Parliament, the other being the House of Assembly. Both houses sit in Parliament House in the state capital, H ...

for the division of Montgomery since 2013. Hiscutt was a farmer and businesswoman prior to entering Parliament. She grew up in Elliott (near Yolla) and currently lives in Howth (near

Penguin Penguins (order (biology), order List of Sphenisciformes by population, Sphenisciformes , family (biology), family Spheniscidae ) are a group of Water bird, aquatic flightless birds. They live almost exclusively in the Southern Hemisphere: on ...

). Her husband's uncles,

Des Hiscutt Desmond Miller Hiscutt (born 5 March 1933) is an Australian former politician. He was born in Burnie, Tasmania. In 1995, he was elected to the Tasmanian Legislative Council as the independent member for West Devon, succeeding his brother Hugh. W ...

and

Hugh Hiscutt Hugh James Hiscutt (born 10 July 1926) is an Australian former politician. Life and career Hiscutt was born in Burnie, Tasmania on 10 July 1926. In 1983 he was elected to the Tasmanian Legislative Council as the independent member for West Devo ...

were both previously members of the Tasmanian parliament.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hiscutt, Leonie Living people Members of the Tasmanian Legislative Council Liberal Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Tasmania 1959 births 21st-century Australian politicians 21st-century Australian women politicians Women members of the Tasmanian Legislative Council