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Life Summary

Name	Leslie Royston Johnson
Born	22 November, 1924 Enfield, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died	26 May, 2015 (aged 90) Sutherland, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Cause of Death	cancer (lung)
Cultural Heritage	English Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.
Related Entries	[View as tree] Whitlam, Edward Gough (work colleague) Lingiari, Vincent (supported) Murphy, Lionel Keith (employer)
Education *	Belmore Technical College (NSW) (student, 1937-1939) Sydney Technical College (student, 1940-1945)
Occupation or Descriptor *	fitter and turner (1938-1948) New South Wales, Australia political activist (1939-1983) Federal, Australia trade union official (1939-1948) New South Wales, Australia store manager (1948-1955) New South Wales, Australia local government councillor (1952-1956) New South Wales, Australia labour politician (1955-1966) Federal, Australia Member of Lower House (1955-1966) Federal, Australia labour politician (1969-1983) Federal, Australia Member of Lower House (1969-1983) Federal, Australia diplomat (1984-1987) Federal, Australia high commissioner (1984-1987) Federal, Australia public servant (1984-1987) Federal, Australia
Awards	Member of the Order of Australia (recipient, 1990) Centenary Medal (recipient, 2001)
Groups *	Tuesday Club (ALP) (member)
Key Organisations *	Association of Former Members of the Australian Parliament (member) Eureka Youth League (NSW) (member) Gymea Progress Association (NSW) (member) Gymea Progress Association (NSW) (chair) Amalgamated Engineering Union (NSW) (member, 1939-1950) Federated Clerks Union of Australia (NSW) (organiser, 1945-1950) Red Cross Society (NSW) (organiser, 1945-1950) Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies (council member, 1975-1977) Association of Former Members of the Australian Parliament (vice-president, 1988) Association of Former Members of the Australian Parliament (president, 1991-1993)
Political Activism *	Vietnam war opponent (politician) Labor Party (politician, 1955-1983)
Workplaces *	Sutherland Shire Council (NSW) (councillor, 1952-1956) Parliament of Australia (House Reps - member, 1955-1983) Parliament of Australia (House Reps - Deputy Speaker, 1983-1983)

* Dates are approximate