Leo McLeay

The Honourable
Leo McLeay
20th Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives
In office
29 August 1989 – 8 February 1993
Preceded byJoan Child
Succeeded byStephen Martin
Member of the Australian Parliament
for Grayndler
In office
23 June 1979 – 13 March 1993
Preceded byFrank Stewart
Succeeded byJeannette McHugh
Member of the Australian Parliament
for Watson
In office
13 March 1993 – 31 August 2004
Preceded byNew seat
Succeeded byTony Burke
Personal details
Born (1945-10-04) 4 October 1945 (age 79)
Marrickville, New South Wales, Australia
Political partyLabor
Spouse
Janice Delaney
​
(m. 1969)​
[1]
ChildrenPaul McLeay
OccupationTelephone technician[2]

Leo Boyce McLeay (born 4 October 1945) is a former Australian politician[3] who served as 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. During 1992 he was unsuccessfully censured by John Hewson, at the time Opposition Leader, with a motion of no confidence; Hewson accused McLeay of political bias.[5]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference bio was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Robert Milliken (4 February 1993). "Canberra Speaker skids into scandal". The Independent. Retrieved 28 January 2010.
  3. ^ "Senators and Members, by Date of Birth". 13 June 2001. Archived from the original on 14 September 2010. Retrieved 28 January 2010.
  4. ^ "Commonwealth of Australia Legislative Election of 18 October 1980". Retrieved 28 January 2010.
  5. ^ "Parliament Hansard of 2 April 1992 Want of Confidence Motion in Mr Speaker".