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Life Summary

Name	Sir John McLeay
Born	23 November, 1893 Port Clinton, South Australia, Australia
Died	22 June, 1982 (aged 88) Ashford, South Australia, Australia
Cause of Death	stroke
Religious Influence	Presbyterian Includes the religion in which subjects were raised, have chosen themselves, attendance at religious schools and/or religious funeral rites; Atheism and Agnosticism have been included.
Related Entries	[View as tree] Reid, Alan Douglas (acquaintance) Makin, Norman John (political adversary) Pollard, Reginald Thomas (political adversary)
Education *	Unley High School (Adelaide) (student, ?-1907) Port Clinton Public School (SA) (student, 1899) Muirden College (Adelaide) (student, 1906-1906)
Occupation or Descriptor *	soldier (1915-1918) Federal, Australia local government councillor (1925-1946) South Australia, Australia local government head (1935-1937) South Australia, Australia liberal/conservative politician (1938-1941) South Australia, Australia Member of Lower House (1938-1941) South Australia, Australia local government head (1946-1950) South Australia, Australia liberal/conservative politician (1949-1966) Federal, Australia Member of Lower House (1949-1966) Federal, Australia
Military Service *	World War I (soldier) Battle of Villers-Bretonneux, 1918 (soldier) 13th Field Ambulance (soldier, 1915-1919)
Awards	Military Medal (recipient, 1918) Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (recipient, 1962)
Groups *	Federal Parliament (24th: 1961-1963, PM: Menzies) (Speaker)
Political Activism *	Liberal Party (politician, 1938-1966)
Workplaces *	McLeay Bros Ltd (chair) Unley City Council (SA) (councillor, 1925-1946) Unley City Council (SA) (mayor, 1935-1937) Parliament of South Australia (MLA, 1938-1941) Adelaide City Council (councillor, 1940-1950) Adelaide City Council (mayor, 1946-1950) Parliament of Australia (House Reps - member, 1949-1966) Parliament of Australia (House Reps - Speaker, 1956-1966)

* Dates are approximate