Leroy Serisier
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Leroy Dudley Serisier is a former Australian politician. He was a Labor
member of the New South Wales Legislative Council
from 1970 to 1978, and served as the Leader of the Opposition in the Council from 1973 to 1976.
Serisier was born in Gilgandra, New South Wales
to solicitor Leroy Dudley Serisier and Isabel Franklin MacManus. He was educated in the Gilgandra district and later went to the University of Sydney
, where he studied law; he was admitted as a solicitor in 1951. He was partner in several legal practices, and was called to the bar in 1976. He served in the Citizen Military Forces with the 6th New South Wales Mounted Rifles from 1950 to 1952. On 5 November 1955 he married Rosemary Dalton, with whom he would have four children.
Serisier joined the Australian Labor Party
in 1953, holding positions in the office branch, state and federal electorate councils, and the central executive. He was the Labor candidate for the federal seat of Calare
at the 1960 by-election, the 1961 federal election
and the 1963 federal election, but never came close to victory. In 1970 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Council
, becoming Labor's leader in that chamber in 1973 and holding the position until 1976. He retired from politics at the 1978 state election
, when the size of the Council was reduced.
Australian Labor Party
The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...
member of the New South Wales Legislative Council
New South Wales Legislative Council
The New South Wales Legislative Council, or upper house, is one of the two chambers of the parliament of New South Wales in Australia. The other is the Legislative Assembly. Both sit at Parliament House in the state capital, Sydney. The Assembly is referred to as the lower house and the Council as...
from 1970 to 1978, and served as the Leader of the Opposition in the Council from 1973 to 1976.
Serisier was born in Gilgandra, New South Wales
Gilgandra, New South Wales
Gilgandra, is a town and Local Government Area in the Central West region of New South Wales, Australia. It is located on the junction of the Newell Highway, Oxley Highway and Castlereagh Highway. It can be reached in about six hours by car from Sydney. Like Coonabarabran, Gilgandra can be...
to solicitor Leroy Dudley Serisier and Isabel Franklin MacManus. He was educated in the Gilgandra district and later went to the University of Sydney
University of Sydney
The University of Sydney is a public university located in Sydney, New South Wales. The main campus spreads across the suburbs of Camperdown and Darlington on the southwestern outskirts of the Sydney CBD. Founded in 1850, it is the oldest university in Australia and Oceania...
, where he studied law; he was admitted as a solicitor in 1951. He was partner in several legal practices, and was called to the bar in 1976. He served in the Citizen Military Forces with the 6th New South Wales Mounted Rifles from 1950 to 1952. On 5 November 1955 he married Rosemary Dalton, with whom he would have four children.
Serisier joined the Australian Labor Party
Australian Labor Party
The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...
in 1953, holding positions in the office branch, state and federal electorate councils, and the central executive. He was the Labor candidate for the federal seat of Calare
Division of Calare
The Division of Calare is an Australian Electoral Division in New South Wales. The division was first contested at the 1906 election and is named for the local Aboriginal name for the Lachlan River, which runs through the western part of the division...
at the 1960 by-election, the 1961 federal election
Australian federal election, 1961
Federal elections were held in Australia on 9 December 1961. All 122 seats in the House of Representatives, and 31 of the 60 seats in the Senate were up for election...
and the 1963 federal election, but never came close to victory. In 1970 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Council
New South Wales Legislative Council
The New South Wales Legislative Council, or upper house, is one of the two chambers of the parliament of New South Wales in Australia. The other is the Legislative Assembly. Both sit at Parliament House in the state capital, Sydney. The Assembly is referred to as the lower house and the Council as...
, becoming Labor's leader in that chamber in 1973 and holding the position until 1976. He retired from politics at the 1978 state election
New South Wales state election, 1978
A general election was held in the state of New South Wales, Australia, on Saturday 7 October 1978. The result was the "Wranslide": a landslide victory for the Australian Labor Party under Neville Wran....
, when the size of the Council was reduced.