Michael Leighton (politician), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Australian politician
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Place of Birth: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
About Michael Leighton (politician)
- Michael Andrew Leighton (20 October 1954 – 8 November 2014) was an Australian politician. Born in Melbourne, Victoria, he attended Monash University 1972–76 and subsequently began practising as a psychiatric nurse.
- Having joined the Labor Party in 1976, he became a trade union official in 1981, and in 1980 became a City of Heidelberg councillor, serving until 1982.
- In 1988, he was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly as the Labor member for Preston.
- He held various positions in the shadow ministry from 1992–96, but was not included on the front bench when Labor won office in 1999.
- Leighton retired in 2006.
- He died, aged 60, on 8 November 2014.
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