Honorific-Prefix: | The Honourable |
Les Logan | |
Honorific-Suffix: | AM |
Office: | Member of the Legislative Council of Western Australia |
Constituency: | Central Province |
Term Start: | 12 April 1947 |
Term End: | 3 March 1950 |
Predecessor: | Edmund Hall |
Successor: | None |
Constituency2: | Midland Province |
Term Start2: | 3 March 1950 |
Term End2: | 21 May 1965 |
Predecessor2: | None |
Successor2: | None |
Constituency3: | Upper West Province |
Term Start3: | 22 May 1965 |
Term End3: | 21 May 1974 |
Predecessor3: | None |
Successor3: | Margaret McAleer |
Office4: | Minister for Local Government |
Term Start4: | 2 April 1959 |
Term End4: | 3 March 1971 |
Premier4: | David Brand |
Predecessor4: | Frank Wise |
Successor4: | Claude Stubbs |
Office5: | Minister for Town Planning |
Term Start5: | 2 April 1959 |
Term End5: | 3 March 1971 |
Premier5: | David Brand |
Predecessor5: | Frank Wise |
Successor5: | Herb Graham |
Office6: | Minister for Child Welfare |
Term Start6: | 2 April 1959 |
Term End6: | 3 March 1971 |
Premier6: | David Brand |
Predecessor6: | Albert Hawke |
Birth Date: | 28 January 1908 |
Birth Place: | Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia |
Death Place: | Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia |
Party: | Country |
Spouse: | Edgarina Bond |
Children: | 4 |
Leslie Arthur Logan AM (28 January 1908 – 15 December 2000) was an Australian politician who was a Country Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 1947 to 1974. He served as a minister in the government of Sir David Brand.
Logan was born in Geraldton, Western Australia, to Laura (née Eaton) and Alan Logan. He was raised on a small farm near Northampton, and after leaving school worked for a few years in Geraldton before returning to take over the farm.[1] He was prominent in local agricultural circles, and also served on the Northampton Road Board from 1940 to 1945. Logan entered parliament at a 1947 Legislative Council by-election for Central Province, caused by the resignation of Edmund Hall. He was re-elected in 1948, and following a redistribution in 1950 was appointed to the new Midland Province, which covered the same area. Logan was re-elected again in 1954, and in 1957 was made Country Party whip in the Legislative Council.[2]
Following the 1959 state election, which saw the formation of a Liberal–Country coalition government, Logan was appointed Minister for Local Government, Minister for Town Planning, and Minister for Child Protection in the new ministry formed by David Brand. He held his positions until the government's defeat at the 1971 election, a period of almost 12 years. At the 1965 election, Logan had transferred to the new two-member Upper West Province, which he held until his retirement at the 1974 election.[2] He was made a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in 1980, "for service to parliament and to the community".[3] After leaving politics, Logan retired to Geraldton, dying there in December 2000 (aged 92). He had married Edgarina Bond in 1931, with whom he had four daughters.[2]