Leo McLeay

The Honourable Leo McLeay
Member of the Australian Parliament
for Grayndler
In office
23 June 1979 – 13 March 1993
Preceded by Frank Stewart
Succeeded by Jeannette McHugh
Member of the Australian Parliament
for Watson
In office
13 March 1993 – 31 August 2004
Preceded by New seat
Succeeded by Tony Burke
20th Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives
In office
29 August 1989 – 8 February 1993
Preceded by Joan Child
Succeeded by Stephen Martin
Personal details
Born 4 October 1945 (1945-10-04) (age 66)
Sydney, New South Wales
Nationality Australian
Political party Australian Labor Party
Spouse(s) Janice[1]
Children Paul McLeay
Occupation Telephone technician[2]

Leo Boyce McLeay (born 4 October 1945), Australian politician,[3] was a Labor Party member of the House of Representatives from June 1979[4] to October 2004. He was Speaker of the House of Representatives 1989-93.

Biography

Leo McLeay was born in Sydney, and was a telephone technician before entering politics. He was a member of the Marrickville Municipal Council 1971-77,[5] and was also Assistant General Secretary of the New South Wales Labor Party 1976–79.[1][5]

In Parliament, he represented the Division of Grayndler, New South Wales from 1979 until 1993 and the Division of Watson, New South Wales from 1993 until 2004.[5]

McLeay was Chair of Committees and Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives 1986-89, and Speaker of the House 1989-93.[5] He and Neil Andrew were the only two speakers to be subject to motions of no confidence (which were defeated in both cases).[6] He resigned as Speaker following accusations that he had made a false compensation claim.[2] This accusation was later shown to be incorrect.[7] McLeay was subsequently Chief Government Whip 1993-96 and Chief Opposition Whip 1996-2001.[5] He retired at the 2004 election.[5]

After leaving parliament Leo McLeay became a Director of the Mary MacKillop Foundation in 2005.[8] He was also the New South Wales director of the Enhance Group.[9]

His son is Paul McLeay who was the Member for Heathcote in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 2003 until his defeat at the 2011 state election.[10]

References

  1. ^ a b Kayee Griffin (5 December 2007). "Tribute to the Honourable Leo Mcleay". NSW Hansard. p. 11278. http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/PARLMENT/hansArt.nsf/V3Key/LC20040922039. Retrieved 28 Jan 2010. 
  2. ^ a b Robert Milliken (4 February 1993). "Canberra Speaker skids into scandal". The Independent. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/canberra-speaker-skids-into-scandal-1470753.html. Retrieved 28 Jan 2010. 
  3. ^ "Senators and Members, by Date of Birth". 13 June 2001. http://www.aph.gov.au/library/parl/38/mpsbyage.htm. Retrieved 28 Jan 2010. 
  4. ^ "Commonwealth of Australia Legislative Election of 18 October 1980". http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia/1980/1980repsnsw.txt. Retrieved 28 Jan 2010. 
  5. ^ a b c d e f Amanda Fazio (5 December 2007). "Tribute to the Honourable Leo Mcleay". NSW Hansard. p. 12855. http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/parlment/hansart.nsf/V3Key/LC20041116036. Retrieved 28 Jan 2010. 
  6. ^ "Division of motion of no confidence". Hansard. 2 April 1992. pp. 1734–1742. http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;adv=;db=CHAMBER;group=;holdingType=;id=chamber%2Fhansardr%2F1992-04-02%2F0114;orderBy=_fragment_number;page=;query=%28Dataset%3Ahansardr%29%20Date%3A02%2F04%2F1992;querytype=;rec=0;resCount=. Retrieved 28 Jan 2010. 
  7. ^ "Former speaker cleared". The Independent. 20 February 1993. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/former-speaker-cleared-1474197.html. Retrieved 28 Jan 2010. 
  8. ^ "Board of Directors". http://www.mackillopfoundation.org.au/index.php?section=boardofdirectors&director=6. Retrieved 28 Jan 2010. 
  9. ^ "Leo McLeay Director NSW". http://enhance.l1.mysmarthost.com/index.cfm?MenuID=101. Retrieved 28 Jan 2010. 
  10. ^ "Young guns must fire or party faces uncivil war". The Daily Telegraph. 16 November 2009. http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/young-guns-must-fire-or-party-faces-uncivil-war/story-e6freuy9-1225797987477. Retrieved 28 Jan 2010. 

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Parliament of Australia
Preceded by
Joan Child
Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives
1989–1993
Succeeded by
Stephen Martin
Preceded by
Frank Stewart
Member for Grayndler
1979–1993
Succeeded by
Jeannette McHugh
New division Member for Watson
1993–2004
Succeeded by
Tony Burke