Leo Gately | |
Constituency Am1: | Currumbin |
Assembly1: | Queensland Legislative |
Term Start1: | 1 November 1986 |
Term End1: | 2 December 1989 |
Predecessor1: | New seat |
Successor1: | Trevor Coomber |
Birth Date: | 1937 6, df=y |
Birth Place: | West Wyalong, New South Wales, Australia |
Death Place: | Rockhampton, Queensland |
Birthname: | Leo Francis Gately |
Nationality: | Australian |
Party: | National Party |
Spouse: | Helen Gallagher (m.1960) |
Occupation: | Businessman |
Leo Francis Gately (15 June 1937 – 25 August 2021) was an Australian politician.
He was born at West Wyalong to Patrick Leo Joseph Gately and his wife Eleanor Agnes, née Barton. On 3 September 1960, he married Helen Gallagher, with whom he had four children. From 1971 to 1973, he sat on Newcastle City Council and served as a member of the New South Wales Police Force, before moving to Queensland, where he became involved with the National Party. He served one term (1986 - 89) as the member for Currumbin in the Queensland Legislative Assembly before being defeated at the 1989 state election by the Liberal candidate, Trevor Coomber.[1]