Michael Andrew Leighton (20 October 1954 – 8 November 2014) was an Australian politician. Born in

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, he attended

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1972–76 and subsequently began practising as a psychiatric nurse. Having joined the Labor Party in 1976, he became a trade union official in 1981, and in 1980 became a City of Heidelberg councillor, serving until 1982. In 1988, he was elected to the

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as the Labor member for Preston. He held various positions in the shadow ministry from 1992–96, but was not included on the front bench when Labor won office in 1999. Leighton retired in 2006. He died, aged 60, on 8 November 2014.Obituary: Michael Andrew Leighton
''The Age'', 10 November 2014.

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1954 births 2014 deaths Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Victoria Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly Monash University alumni Victoria (state) local councillors 21st-century Australian politicians Politicians from Melbourne Psychiatric nurses {{Australia-Labor-Victoria-MP-stub