Leslie Webster

Who is Leslie Webster?

Leslie Leeder Webster was an Australian politician. He was a Country Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 1944 to 1947, representing the electorates of Bulla and Dalhousie and Mernda.

Webster was born at Caulfield, and attended Caulfield Grammar School and the Dookie Agricultural College. He worked on a farm, and subsequently managed an Oakleigh timber firm from 1918 until 1918. He farmed at Flinders Island from 1918 to 1928, running Red Poll and Corriedale cattle and sheep studs, and serving as chairman of the Flinders Island Butter Factory Company, as a member of the local licensing court, and as a Flinders Island Council councillor for seven years, including a stint as shire warden. He returned to Victoria in 1928, running a Melbourne timber and hardware business until 1932, and was a dairy farmer at Greendale from 1932. He was the treasurer and acting secretary of the Milk Producers Association at the time of his election.

Webster was elected to the Legislative Assembly at a 1944 by-election for the seat of Bulla and Dalhousie following the death of Country Party MLA and Milk Producers' Association treasurer Reginald James.