Leslie Drury

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Leslie Drury was an Australian politician who represented the South Australian House of Assembly seat of Mawson for the Labor Party from 1977 to 1979. [1]

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South Australian House of Assembly
Preceded by
Don Hopgood
Member for Mawson
1977–1979
Succeeded by
Ivar Schmidt