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Place of Birth: Perth, Western Australia, Australia
About George Leake
- George Leake (3 December 1856 – 24 June 1902) was the third Premier of Western Australia, serving from May to November 1901 and then again from December 1901 to his death. Leake was born in Perth, into a prominent local family.
- Studying law, he was called to the bar in 1880, and in 1883 was appointed Crown Solicitor and Public Prosecutor (the equivalent of solicitor-general).
- Leake first entered parliament in 1886, when he served briefly in the Legislative Council.
- He was again briefly a member of that body in 1888.
- In 1890, Leake was elected unopposed to the Legislative Assembly (representing the seat of Roebourne), but he resigned shortly after in order to continue as Crown Solicitor. In 1894, Leake re-entered the Legislative Assembly, representing the seat of Albany.
- An opponent of the government of Sir John Forrest, he began to be regarded as the Leader of the Opposition, although that position was unofficial at the time.
- Forrest eventually resigned as premier in 1901 to enter federal politics, and was initially replaced by George Throssell.
- Throssell's government was short-lived, however, and he was replaced as premier by Leake, who also appointed himself attorney-general. Leake's first government lasted five months before being defeated on a no-confidence motion.
- Alf Morgans was appointed as his successor, but was unable to form a government, resulting in Leake being recommissioned as premier after just a month out of office.
- Leake's second government lasted until his sudden death from pneumonia in June 1902, aged 45.
- He is the only Premier of Western Australia to have died in office.
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