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Place of Birth: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
About Les Jordan
- Leslie Charles Jordan (26 July 1896 – 29 September 1965) was an Australian politician and a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1944 until his death in 1965 .
- He was initially elected as a member of the Country Party but changed allegiance to the Liberal Party in 1959. Jordan was born in Sydney and was the son of a brick-maker.
- He was educated at state schools and initially worked as a dairy farm assistant before becoming a real estate agent.
- When he was in his 30s, Jordan studied law at the University of Sydney and was called to the NSW bar in 1936.
- Jordan was an alderman on Ryde Municipal Council between 1935 and 1937 and a councillor on Manning Shire Council between 1951 and 1956.
- He was shire president during those years.
- Despite his urban background, he made unsuccessful attempts to win the seat of Raleigh at the 1938 and 1941 state elections.
- He was eventually elected to the New South Wales Parliament as the "Independent Country" member for Oxley at the 1944 state election.
- He defeated the sitting Independent member, George Mitchell who was on active overseas war service at the time of the election.
- He joined the Country party caucus after his election and retained the seat for the party at the next 5 elections.
- After the 1959 election he changed his party allegiance to the Liberal Party and retained the seat until he died in 1965.
- He did not hold party, parliamentary or ministerial office.
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