- John Leckie (Australian politician)
John William Leckie (14 October 1872 – 25 September 1947) was an
Australia n farmer turned politician. Leckie was born atAlexandra, Victoria and educated atScotch College, Melbourne .He played
Australian rules football forFitzroy Football Club (then in theVictorian Football Association ) in 1895·He studied medicine at the
University of Melbourne for two years, but after falling out with his father he prospected for gold inKalgoorlie, Western Australia and played football in Fremantle. In 1897, he returned to Alexandra to run the family store, his fater having died. In April 1898, he married May Beatrix Johnston. He was a member of the Alexandra Shire Council from 1900 to 1911 and was shire president in 1904 snf 1905. His wife died in 1910 and he moved toMelbourne in 1912 and co-founded a firm of lithographic printers and canister manufacturers. He married Hattie Martha Knight in April 1917. In 1920, the eldest of his daughters from his first marriage, Pattie Maie married future Prime MinisterRobert Menzies . Australian Dictionary of Biography
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title= Leckie, John William (1872 - 1947)
accessdate=2008-02-03 ]Political career
Leckie ran unsuccessfully for the Anti-Socialist Protectionists for the
Australian House of Representatives seat of Mernda at the 1906 election. He was elected as member for Benambra in theVictorian Legislative Assembly in 1913 as aCommonwealth Liberal Party candidate.cite web
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accessdate = 2008-02-04 ] He won the federal seat of Indi in the 1917 election for theNationalist Party of Australia . He lost his seat at the 1919 election to aVictorian Farmers' Union candidate. He ran unsuccessfully for the state seat of Upper Goulburn in 1921 and then concentrated on his business and business groups.At the 1934 election, Leckie was elected Senator for Victoria as a member of the
United Australia Party . In October 1940, he became Minister without portfolio assisting the Minister for Trade and Customs and Minister without portfolio assisting the Minister for Labour and National Service in his father-in-law's father-in-law's ministry. In June 1941, he became Minister for Aircraft Production and held that position until the defeat of the Fadden government in October 1941. He lost his bid to be re-elected at the 1946 election and served out his term ending in June 1947.Three months later, Leckie died of
cancer at his home in the Melbourne suburb of Hawthorn, survived by his wife and their son and by three daughters from his first marriage. His sonRoland Leckie was the member for the state seat of Evelyn from 1950 to 1952 and later a crown prosecutor and a judge of the County Court.References
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NAME = Leckie, John William
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SHORT DESCRIPTION =Australia n politician
DATE OF BIRTH = 14 October 1872
PLACE OF BIRTH =Alexandra, Victoria
DATE OF DEATH = 25 September 1947
PLACE OF DEATH =Hawthorn, Victoria
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