Les Craig
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The Honourable Les Craig CMG |
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| Member of the Legislative Council of Western Australia |
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In office 20 January 1934 – 21 May 1956 |
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| Preceded by | John Ewing |
| Succeeded by | Graham MacKinnon |
| Constituency | South-West Province |
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| Born |
23 November 1892 York, Western Australia, Australia |
| Died | 9 February 1966 (aged 73) Subiaco, Western Australia, Australia |
| Political party |
Nationalist (to 1945) Liberal (from 1945) |
Leslie "Les" Craig CMG (23 November 1892 – 9 February 1966) was an Australian politician who was a member of the Legislative Council of Western Australia from 1934 to 1956, representing South-West Province.
Craig was born in York, a town in Western Australia's Wheatbelt region. He was educated at Hale School, in Perth, and later at Melbourne Grammar School. Craig enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force in October 1914, and served with the 10th Light Horse Regiment in the Gallipoli Campaign. He was wounded in action in August 1915, which resulted in the amputation of his left leg. After returning to Australia, Craig farmed at Balingup, where he had a Border Leicester sheep-stud, and later at Dardanup. At the 1927 state election, he contested the seat of Bunbury for the Nationalist Party, but lost to the sitting member, Labor's Frederick Withers.
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