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Hugh Alan Leslie OBE (17 April 1900 – 2 September 1974) was an Australian politician. He was a member of the Country Party and served terms in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly (1943–1949) and House of Representatives (1949–1958, 1961–1963). He was a newspaper editor before entering politics.
The Emu War (or Great Emu War) [2] was a nuisance wildlife management military operation undertaken in Australia over the later part of 1932 to address public concern over the number of emus, a large flightless bird indigenous to Australia, said to be destroying crops in the Campion district within the Wheatbelt of Western Australia.
This is a list of former Footlights sketch comedy troupe members who have achieved notability after graduating from the University of Cambridge.The careers of many prominent figures in the world of entertainment began in Footlights, while prominent figures in other industries also took part in the troupe.
The appointment of Hugh Leslie, a leg amputee, as chairman was important due to his influence as a member of the Parliament of Australia, his previous experience with paraplegic sporting teams and as a champion of people with a disability. [2] The organising committee paid for all costs incurred in Australia to participating countries. [1]
EMU Eugene B. Elliott 1948 1965 Elliott oversaw the transition from Michigan State Normal College to Eastern Michigan College and finally Eastern Michigan University. [1] 16 EMU Harold E. Sponberg 1965 1974 Sponberg Theater [1] 17 Ralph Gilden 1974 1974 Interim president for six months following Sponberg's retirement. [8] 18 James H. Brickley ...
Halbert was an inaugural member of the Liberal Party in Western Australia and was nominated to its provisional executive in January 1945. [5]Halbert was elected to the House of Representatives at the 1958 federal election, winning the seat of Moore for the Liberal Party from the incumbent Country Party MP Hugh Leslie. [1]
Hugh Carberry – 26 September 1831 – Hanged at Sydney for theft of a horse and cattle. Skeleton and chains used to gibbet a man (William Mooney or John White) convicted of murder and hung at Goulburn in 1831 (Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales )
Hugh Leslie Simpson CBE (3 October 1894 – 7 June 1968) was an Australian farmer and soldier-settlement administrator. Simpson was born at Birchip in Victoria to bookseller Albert Edward Simpson and Ellen, née Campbell. He attended local state schools and received his secondary education at Ballarat and Stawell before working on the family farm.