Leo Gately

{{Short description|Australian politician (1937–2021)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}} {{Use Australian English|date=August 2021}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Leo Gately | honorific_suffix = | image = | caption = | constituency_AM1 = Currumbin | assembly1 = Queensland Legislative | term_start1 = 1 November 1986 | term_end1 = 2 December 1989 | predecessor1 = New seat | successor1 = Trevor Coomber | birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1937|6|15}} | birth_place = West Wyalong, New South Wales, Australia | death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2021|8|25|1937|6|15}} | death_place = Rockhampton, Queensland | resting_place = | birth_name = Leo Francis Gately | party = National Party | other_party = | spouse = Helen Gallagher (m.1960) | alma_mater = | occupation = Businessman | relations = }}

'''Leo Francis Gately''' (15 June 1937 – 25 August 2021) was an Australian politician.

He was born at West Wyalong to Patrick Leo Joseph Gately and his wife Eleanor Agnes, ''née'' Barton. On 3 September 1960, he married Helen Gallagher, with whom he had four children. From 1971 to 1973, he sat on Newcastle City Council and served as a member of the New South Wales Police Force, before moving to Queensland, where he became involved with the National Party. He served one term (1986–89) as the member for Currumbin in the Queensland Legislative Assembly before being defeated at the 1989 state election by the Liberal candidate, Trevor Coomber.<ref name=qp>{{cite web|title=Former Members|publisher=Parliament of Queensland|year=2015| url=http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/members/former/bio?id=3704112086|accessdate= 6 February 2015}}</ref>

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{{s-start}} {{s-par|au-qld}} {{succession box | title=Member for Currumbin | before=New seat | after=Trevor Coomber | years=1986–1989}} {{s-end}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gately, Leo}} Category:1937 births Category:2021 deaths Category:National Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Queensland Category:Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly Category:Politicians from Newcastle, New South Wales Category:New South Wales local councillors Category:People from West Wyalong