{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2016}} {{Use Australian English|date=March 2016}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Leslie Corrie | honorific_suffix = | image = StateLibQld 1 113820 Leslie Gordon Corrie (1859-1918).jpg | caption = Leslie Corrie in 1902. | order = 31st | office = Mayor of Brisbane | term_start = 1902 | term_end = 1903 | predecessor = Thomas Proe | successor = Thomas Rees | birth_date = 1859 | birth_place = Hobart, Tasmania, Australia | death_date = 2 August 1918 (aged 58 or 59) | death_place = Brisbane, Queensland, Australia | resting_place = Toowong Cemetery | birth_name = Leslie Gordon Corrie | party = | other_party = | spouse = Christina Jane MacPherson (m.1899 d.1937) | known_for = | occupation = Architect | relations = | alma_mater = }}

'''Leslie Gordon Corrie''' (1859–1918) was an architect and the mayor of Brisbane, Queensland from 1902 to 1903. A number of his architectural works are now heritage-listed.

==Early life== Leslie Gordon Corrie was born in Hobart, Tasmania in 1859, the son of James Afleck Corrie of Kirkcudbright and Mary Campbell of Edinburgh.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fotc.org.au/subset/brisbane_mayors.pdf|title=Toowong Cemetery - Brisbane Mayors|publisher=Friends of Toowong Cemetery|accessdate=7 March 2014|archive-date=6 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190306022002/http://www.fotc.org.au/subset/brisbane_mayors.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>

He worked as an architect, first in Hobart and then in Launceston. In 1886, he moved to Brisbane. From 1888 to 1892, he was in partnership with his former employer, Henry Hunter trading as "Hunter and Corrie". From 1898 to 1905, he was in partnership with G.H.M. Addison as Addison and Corrie. At other times he had a solo practice.<ref name=smithfield/>

He was a founding member of the Queensland Institute of Architects in 1887, and was the vice president of the Institute in 1901.

On 25 March 1899, Corrie married Christina Jane Macpherson at St Thomas' Church, Enfield, Sydney.<ref>{{cite web|title=Corrie, Christina Jane (1867 - 1937)|url=http://www.womenaustralia.info/biogs/PR00411b.htm|work=The Australian Women's Register|accessdate=9 March 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3692841 |title=Family Notices. |newspaper=The Brisbane Courier |date=29 April 1899 |accessdate=9 March 2014 |page=6 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref>

==Politics== Corrie served as an alderman on the Brisbane Municipal Council from 1901 to 1905 and was mayor in 1902 and 1903.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article122550105 |title=BRISBANE MAYORAL ELECTION. |newspaper=Queensland Times, Ipswich Herald and General Advertiser |date=11 February 1902 |accessdate=7 March 2014 |page=8 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article19209583 |title=WOMAN'S WORLD. |newspaper=The Brisbane Courier |date=9 February 1903 |accessdate=7 March 2014 |page=9 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref> During that time, he served on the following committees:<ref>{{Citation | title=Mayor Leslie Gordon Corrie | publication-date=1902 | publisher=Brisbane City Council | url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/167748200 | accessdate=7 March 2014 }}</ref> * 1901, 1903: Finance Committee * 1901, 1904, 1905: Legislative Committee * 1901: Concert Hall & Organ Committee * 1901, 1902: Parks Committee * 1901: Town Hall Committee * 1901, 1902: Ferries Committee * 1902, 1905: Works Committee * 1905: Markets Committee * 1902, 1903: Board of Waterworks

==Later life== Corrie was interested in horticulture, and was a president of the Queensland Acclimatisation Society. He was involved in introducing and trialling many fruits and plants into Queensland, and is credited with the introduction of the custard apple.<ref name=obit/> He was also a fellow of the Linnean Society of London (a society devoted to natural history).

Corrie died in Brisbane on 2 August 1918.<ref name=obit>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article20263549 |title=PERSONAL. |newspaper=The Brisbane Courier |date=3 August 1918 |accessdate=7 March 2014 |page=15 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref> He was buried in Toowong Cemetery on 3 August 1918.<ref>[https://online.brisbane.qld.gov.au/cemeteries/cemeteries_step3.jsp?mapdisplay=142380 Corrie Leslie Gordon] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120613055245/https://online.brisbane.qld.gov.au/cemeteries/cemeteries_step3.jsp?mapdisplay=142380 |date=13 June 2012 }} &mdash; Brisbane City Council Grave Location Search</ref>

==Works== thumb|The Queensland Deposit Bank building, 1903. Working as Hunter and Corrie, his works included: * 1889: the Paddock Stand (grandstands) at Eagle Farm Racecourse, Brisbane (in collaboration with John H. Buckeridge)<ref>{{cite QHR|17016|Eagle Farm Racecourse and Ascot Railway Station|602195|accessdate=8 March 2014}}</ref> * 1892: extension to Adderton at All Hallows' School, Fortitude Valley, Brisbane<ref>{{cite QHR|14975|All Hallows Convent and School|600200|accessdate=8 March 2014}}</ref> * 1889: Queensland Deposit Bank, corner of Adelaide and Albert streets, Brisbane<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article84756388 |title=Queensland Deposit Bank & Building Soci ty Ltd. |newspaper=Queensland Figaro and Punch |date=27 April 1889 |accessdate=9 March 2014 |page=19 Supplement: SUPPLEMENT TO QUEENSLAND FIGARO |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref>

Working independently, his works included: * 1895: Smithfield Chambers, Gympie<ref name=smithfield>{{cite QHR|20102|Smithfield Chambers|602777|accessdate=8 March 2014}}</ref>

Working as Addison and Corrie, his works included: * 1899:Trustees Chambers, Queen Street, Brisbane<ref>{{cite QHR|14932|ANZ Bank|600157|accessdate=8 March 2014}}</ref> * 1900: guest wing and school room at Franklyn Vale Homestead, Grandchester<ref>{{cite QHR|15503|Franklyn Vale Homestead|600728|accessdate=8 March 2014}}</ref> * 1900: Moon's Buildings, Adelaide Street, Brisbane<ref>{{cite BrisbaneHR|2016|Moon's Buildings (former)|accessdate=8 March 2014}}</ref> * 1903: Cattle House, Rockhampton<ref>{{cite QHR|15580|Cattle House|600805|accessdate=8 March 2014}}</ref>

Working independently again, his works included: * 1916: the residence "Manola" constructed for his brother Alexander Corrie, a stockbroker, Bowen Hills, Brisbane<ref>{{cite BrisbaneHR|213|Residence 'Manola'|accessdate=8 March 2014}}</ref>

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