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|honorific-prefix = The Honourable |name = Sir Leslie Diver |honorific-suffix = |image = |alt = |caption = |office = President of the Legislative Council of Western Australia |term_start = 28 July 1960 |term_end = 21 May 1974 |predecessor = Sir Charles Latham |successor = Sir Arthur Griffith |office2 = Member of the Legislative Council of Western Australia |constituency2 = Central Province |term_start2 = 3 May 1952 |term_end2 = 21 May 1974 |predecessor2 = Garnet Wood |successor2 = Harry Gayfer |birth_date = {{Birth date|1899|11|4|df=yes}} |birth_place = Perth, Western Australia, Australia |death_date = {{Death date and age|1995|8|4|1899|11|4|df=yes}} |death_place = Kellerberrin, Western Australia, Australia |party = Country |alma_mater = |religion = Anglican }} Sir Leslie Charles Diver (4 November 1899 – 4 August 1995) was an Australian politician who served as a Country Party member of the Legislative Council of Western Australia from 1952 to 1974. He was President of the Legislative Council from 1960 to 1974. Only Clive Griffiths and Sir John Kirwan have served in the position longer. Early lifeDiver was born in Perth to Charlotte Ella (née Pearce) and Joseph William Diver. Leaving school at an early age, he worked for a period as a farm labourer and contractor before buying his own farm at Yorkrakine (a small Wheatbelt town) in 1924. Diver was elected to the Kellerberrin Road Board in 1933, and served until 1946. He was chairman in 1940, and again from 1942 to 1946.[1] PoliticsA long-time member of the Country Party, Diver first stood for parliament at the 1950 Legislative Council election, but was defeated by Norm Baxter in his candidacy for Central Province. He eventually entered parliament in May 1952, after winning the by-election caused by the death of Garnet Wood. Following the retirement of Sir Charles Latham in 1960, Diver was elected President of the Legislative Council. He served in the position for almost 14 years (a term length surpassed by only Clive Griffiths and Sir John Kirwan), finally retiring from politics in 1974.[2] Later lifeDiver was knighted for his service in June 1975, on the recommendation on the government of Sir Charles Court.[3] He died in Kellerberrin in August 1995, aged 95.[1] At the time of his death, he was the oldest-lived MP in Western Australia's history, although several others have since died at greater ages.[4] References1. ^1 Leslie Charles Diver – Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia. Retrieved 14 May 2016. {{s-start}}{{s-par|au-wa}}{{s-bef|before=Sir Charles Latham}}{{s-ttl|title=President of the Legislative Council|years=1960–1974}}{{s-aft|after=Sir Arthur Griffith}}{{s-end}}{{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Diver, Leslie}}2. ^Presidents of the Legislative Council – Parliamentary Library Western Australia. Retrieved 14 May 2016. 3. ^{{London Gazette |issue=46593|date=14 June 1975|page=7370|supp=y}} 4. ^The Western Australian Parliamentary Handbook (Twenty-Third Edition) {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303183010/http://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/ParliamentaryHandbook/23rd%20Edition%20of%20the%20Parliament%20Handbook%20-%20Final%20Version.pdf |date=3 March 2016 }}, p. 242. 11 : 1899 births|1995 deaths|Australian Anglicans|Australian Knights Bachelor|Australian politicians awarded knighthoods|Members of the Western Australian Legislative Council|People from Perth, Western Australia|Presidents of the Western Australian Legislative Council|National Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Western Australia|Western Australian local government politicians|20th-century Australian politicians |
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