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]