Michael Leighton (politician)

Michael Leighton
Member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly for Preston
In office 1 October 1988 – 24 November 2006
Preceded by	Carl Kirkwood
Succeeded by	Robin Scott
Personal details
Born	Michael Andrew Leighton 20 October 1954 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Died	8 November 2014 (aged 60) Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Nationality	Australian
Political party	Australian Labor Party
Alma mater	Monash University
Occupation	Psychiatric nurse, trade union official

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 practicing as a psychiatric nurse. Having joined the Australian Labor Party in 1976, he became a trade union official in 1981,^[1] 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.^[2] He died, aged 60, on 8 November 2014.^[3]

References

1. http://www.hacsu.asn.au/hacsu-news/449-vale-michael-leighton
2. Parliament of Victoria (2008). "Leighton, Michael Andrew". re-member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 22 October 2009.
3. Obituary: Michael Andrew Leighton, The Age, 10 November 2014.