Leslie Henry Hollins was an Australian politician.

Born at Wonthaggi to farmer Henry Hollins and Lilian Mary Theresa Gardner, he attended local state schools before becoming an automotive engineer. He worked with the Melbourne General Omnibus Company in 1915 before serving in the Australian Imperial Force

Australian Imperial Force

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 from 1916 to 1919. After the war he worked in England

England

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 for a motor engineering firm before returning to Melbourne

Melbourne

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, establishing his own business, Hollins Motors, in 1921. On 26 December 1922 he married Rita Annie Payne, daughter of Senator Herbert Payne

Herbert Payne

Herbert James Mockford Payne was an Australian politician. Born in Hobart, Tasmania, he was educated at state schools before becoming an investor and grazier. In 1903, he was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly for Burnie, transferring to Darwin in 1909. He was Treasurer, Minister for...

, with whom he had three children. A social credit

Social Credit

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 campaigner, he was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly

Victorian Legislative Assembly

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 in 1940 as the Independent

Independent (politician)

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 member for Hawthorn

Electoral district of Hawthorn

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. He was appointed Minister of Public Instruction and Labour in October 1945, but he was defeated at the election in November. Hollins died in 1984 at Croydon

Croydon, Victoria

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