Leo McLeay
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Leo Boyce McLeay (born 4 October 1945), Australian politician, was an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives from June 1979 to October 2004, representing the Division of Grayndler, New South Wales 1979-93 and the Division of Watson, New South Wales, 1993-2004. He was born in Sydney, New South Wales, and was a telephone technician before entering politics. He was Assistant General Secretary of the New South Wales Labor Party 1976-79. He was a member of the Marrickville Municipal Council 1971-77.
McLeay was Chair of Committees and Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives 1986-89 and Speaker of the House of Representatives 1989-93. He resigned as Speaker following accusations that he had made a false compensation claim. This accusation was later shown to be incorrect. McLeay was subsequently Chief Government Whip 1993-96 and Chief Opposition Whip 1996-2001. He retired at the 2004 election.