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Life Summary

Name	Leo Boyce McLeay
Born	4 October, 1945 Marrickville, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died	Unknown
Religious Influence	Catholic Includes the religion in which subjects were raised, have chosen themselves, attendance at religious schools and/or religious funeral rites; Atheism and Agnosticism have been included.
Related Entries	[View as tree] Browning, Alan Robert (work colleague) Barlin, Lyndal McAlpin (work colleague) Edwards, Ronald Frederick (work colleague) Martin, Stephen Paul (work colleague)
Education *	De La Salle College (Marrickville, Sydney) (student, ?-1961) North Sydney Technical High School (student)
Occupation or Descriptor *	technical officer (1961-1975) New South Wales, Australia local government councillor (1971-1977) New South Wales, Australia labour politician (1979-2004) Federal, Australia Member of Lower House (1979-2004) Federal, Australia
Groups *	House of Representatives presiding officers and clerks (deputy speaker, 1984-1990) House of Representatives presiding officers and clerks (speaker, 1990-1993)
Key Organisations *	Federated Clerks Union of Australia (NSW) (member) Postal Telecommunication Technicians' Association (NSW) (member) Mary Mackillop Foundation (director, 2005)
Political Activism *	ALP (NSW) (organiser, 1968-1979)
Workplaces *	Dept of Postmaster-General (Federal) (public servant, 1961-1968) Marrickville Council (Sydney) (alderman, 1971-1977) Parliament of Australia (House Reps - member, 1979-2004) Parliament of Australia (House Reps - Deputy Speaker, 1984-1990) Parliament of Australia (House Reps - Speaker, 1990-1993)

* Dates are approximate