Leonard Hopkins

Leonard Anver Hopkins JP (22 October 1891 – 11 December 1950) was a bootmaker and politician in the State of South Australia.

L. A. Hopkins had a shoe repair business on The Esplanade, Solomontown, Port Pirie from the early 1910s.[1]

He was elected to the Port Pirie council in 1918, for the Solomontown ward. He contested the mayoralty in 1919 on the resignation of A. H. Forgan as the Labor candidate, but was defeated by Dr. Matthew Edward Goode, son of Benjamin Powell Goode supported by the Liberal Party.[2] He was appointed Justice of the Peace in 1924.

He represented the South Australian House of Assembly multi-member seat of Barossa from April 1924 to March 1927 and from April 1930 to April 1933 for the Australian Labor Party. One newspaper insinuated he was attracted to the salary of ₤200 per annum.[3] He joined the Parliamentary Labor Party in 1931.[4]

The newspapers of the day, including the Port Pirie Recorder, did not publish an obituary for him.

It is not known whether he was related to George Feltham Hopkins (1856–1897), MHA for Port Adelaide 1887 to 1893.

Family

He was married to "Dorrie" Hopkins; their children included Dot, Ray, Jean and Allan Edward. They lived at 68 Lipsett Terrace, Brooklyn Park.

References

  1. ↑ "Advertising.". Port Pirie Recorder and North Western Mail (SA : 1898 - 1918) (SA: National Library of Australia). 5 April 1913. p. 1. Retrieved 11 September 2015.
  2. ↑ "Cr. Goode Mayor". Recorder (Port Pirie, SA : 1919 - 1954) (Port Pirie, SA: National Library of Australia). 5 May 1919. p. 1. Retrieved 11 September 2015.
  3. ↑ "Town Talk and Topics". Port Adelaide News and Lefevre's Peninsula Advertiser (SA : 1883 - 1897) (SA: National Library of Australia). 7 April 1893. p. 1. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
  4. ↑ Leonard Hopkins: SA Parliament
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