Leland S. Warburton

Leland S. Warburton, also known as Lee Warburton, was a member of the Los Angeles City Council from 1945 to 1953.

Warburton was born on March 17 , 1901, the son of Margaret Warburton of Scotland, who died at the age of 81 in May 1961. His brothers were Milton, Lawrence, David and all-American football player Irvine (Cotton) Warburton. He had a son, Don Lee Warburton. He was a veteran of either the Navy or the United States Coast Guard, where he served in the South Pacific as a chief petty officer.

He died on April 29, 1977.

See also List of Los Angeles municipal election returns, 1945–51

Warburton was a public relations man when he "decisively defeated" Delamere F. McCloskey in a race for the 1st District seat to represent the San Fernando Valley on the Los Angeles City Council in 1943. He was reelected in 1947, 1949 and 1951 but did not stand for reelection in 1953.

Rose Bowl, 1946. In reaction to public displeasure with the way tickets had been distributed for the 1946 Rose Bowl game, Warburton introduced a resolution that would have the City Council sponsor an "intersectional contest" in the Coliseum with all tickets, with the exception of a limited number assigned to competing colleges, 'sold to citizens on a first-come, first served basis.'"

Shakespeare, 1947 Warburton suggested to his fellow councilmen that a quotation from William Shakespeare be placed in the City Council chamber to remind them all of the duties of their office, specifically,

This above all: to thine own self be true, And it must follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man.

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