Gately, Leo Francis

Personal

Gately, Leo Francis
Birth Date: 15 June 1937 (West Wyalong, New South Wales)
Death Date: 25 August 2021 (Rockhampton, Queensland)
Parents: Patrick Leo Joseph Gately and Elenor Agnes (nee Barton)
Family: Helen Gallagher on 3 September 1960, 4 sons, 1 daughter
Education: St Mary's (Primary and Secondary); Cardiff Evening College, 1968; Meadowbank Technical College, 1976 to 1977; Certificate of Management, Newcastle Technical College, 1978 to 1979
Religion: Roman Catholic

Career

Police officer, NSW; Office manager/technical representative; Grazier; Racecourse manager; Bursar, North Rocks Deaf and Blind Children's Centre, New South Wales; Senior clerk of a nursing home; Owner/manager of a retail confectionary business, Tweed Heads; Invoice clerk/phone salesman, traveller/collector; Rural employee

Local Government Service: Alderman, Newcastle City Council, 1971 to December 1973
Party Positions:
  1. Member, Government Party Committees: Public Works, Main Roads, Expo and Police; Transport; Employment, Training and Industrial Affairs; Corrective Services and Administrative Services.
  2. Member, Government Party Committees: Treasury and Police; Transport. 1987

Parliamentary Representation

House Party Electorate From To Elected/Departure Reason
Assembly NP Currumbin 1 Nov 1986 2 Dec 1989

Parliamentary Service

Description From To
Member, Select Committee of Privilege

Additional Information

Notes: Interests include tourism, national parks, swimming, tennis, golf and chess. Past President: Tweed Heads Branch, RSPCA and Tweed Heads Chamber of Commerce; Member, Coolangatta-Tweed Heads Rotary Club Country Member, Executive of the New South Wales Local Government Association
Sources: Image sourced from the collection of the Queensland Parliamentary Library and Research Service; The Courier-Mail, 'Cabbie fights to keep driving', 3 December 2010, p.23; Queensland Legislative Assembly, Parliamentary Debates (Hansard), Speech, 26 February 1987, p.361, V.304
[Last Modified: Friday, 01 October 2021]