Michael Leighton (politician)

Michael Andrew Leighton (20 October 1954 – 8 November 2014) was an Australian politician.

Michael Leighton
Member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly
for Preston
In office
1 October 1988  24 November 2006
Preceded byCarl Kirkwood
Succeeded byRobin Scott
Personal details
Born
Michael Andrew Leighton

(1954-10-20)20 October 1954
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Died8 November 2014(2014-11-08) (aged 60)
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
NationalityAustralian
Political partyLabor Party
Alma materMonash University
OccupationPsychiatric nurse, trade union official

Born in Melbourne, Victoria, he attended Monash University 197276 and subsequently began practising as a psychiatric nurse. Having joined the Labor Party in 1976, he became a trade union official in 1981,[1] and in 1980 became a City of Heidelberg councillor, serving until 1982. In 1988, he was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly as the Labor member for Preston. He held various positions in the shadow ministry from 199296, but was not included on the front bench when Labor won office in 1999. Leighton retired in 2006.[2] He died, aged 60, on 8 November 2014.[3]

References

  1. Admin - JL. "Vale Michael Leighton". Archived from the original on 27 February 2016.
  2. Parliament of Victoria (2008). "Leighton, Michael Andrew". re-member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 22 October 2009.
  3. Obituary: Michael Andrew Leighton, The Age, 10 November 2014.
Victorian Legislative Assembly
Preceded by
Carl Kirkwood
Member for Preston
1988–2006
Succeeded by
Robin Scott


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