Len Devine Explained

Len Devine
Constituency Mp:East Sydney
Parliament:Australian
Predecessor:Eddie Ward
Successor:Seat abolished
Term Start:28 September 1963
Term End:29 September 1969
Birth Date:1923 10, df=yes
Nationality:Australian
Party:Australian Labor Party

Leonard Thomas Devine (14 October 1923 – 29 May 2008) was an Australian politician.

Raised and educated in Sydney he was the Health Inspector for Sydney City Council before serving in World War II from 1942 to 1945. On his return he became a taxi-driver and alderman on Sydney City Council. In 1963, he was elected to the Australian House of Representatives as the Labor member for East Sydney. Devine held the seat until its abolition in 1969, when he retired.[1] He died in 2008.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Carr . Adam . Australian Election Archive . Psephos, Adam Carr's Election Archive . 2008 . 2008-06-06 . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20070717093439/http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia/ . 17 July 2007 .
  2. http://parlinfoweb.aph.gov.au/piweb/Repository/Chamber/Hansardr/Linked/5881-2.PDF{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}