Dr Leslie James Albert Parr (15 June 1897 – 3 December 1856) was an Australian politician and a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly

New South Wales Legislative Assembly

The Legislative Assembly, or lower house, is one of the two chambers of the Parliament of New South Wales, an Australian state. The other chamber is the Legislative Council. Both the Assembly and Council sit at Parliament House in the state capital, Sydney...

  from 1951 until his death. He was a member of the Liberal Party of Australia

Liberal Party of Australia

The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Founded a year after the 1943 federal election to replace the United Australia Party, the centre-right Liberal Party typically competes with the centre-left Australian Labor Party for political office...

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Parr was born in Rockdale, New South Wales

Rockdale, New South Wales

Rockdale is a suburb in southern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Rockdale is located 13 kilometres south of the Sydney central business district and is part of the St George area...

. He was the son of a draper and graduated from the medical faculty of the University of Sydney

University of Sydney

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. He initially worked as a general practitioner but then specialized in Rheumatology and was the foundation president of the Australian Rheumatology Association. During World War Two he served with the Royal Australian Army Medical Corps

Royal Australian Army Medical Corps

The Royal Australian Army Medical Corps is the branch of the Australian Army responsible for providing medical care to Army personnel. The AAMC was formed in 1902 and has participated in every Australian Army operation...

 and reached the rank of Major. Following the war he joined the Liberal Party and was elected the state president. After an unsuccessful attempt to win the seat of Dulwich Hill

Electoral district of Dulwich Hill

Dulwich Hill was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, created in 1913, and named after and including the Sydney suburb of Dulwich Hill. With the introduction of proportional representation, it was absorbed into the multi-member electorate of...

 at the 1950

New South Wales state election, 1950

The 1950 New South Wales State state election was held on 17 June 1950. It was conducted in single member constituencies with compulsory preferential voting and was held on boundaries created at a 1949 redistribution...

 state election. Parr was elected to the New South Wales Parliament as the Liberal member for the seat of Burwood

Electoral district of Burwood (New South Wales)

Burwood was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, first created in 1894 with the abolition of multi-member electoral districts from part of Canterbury, and named after and including the Sydney suburb of Burwood. With the introduction of...

 at the 1951 by-election caused by the death of the sitting Liberal member Gordon Jackett

Gordon Jackett

Harry Gordon Jackett was an Australian politician and a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1935 and 1938 and from 1941 until his death. He was variously a United Australia Party , Independent UAP, Democratic Party and Liberal Party member of parliament .Jackett was born in...

. He retained the seat at the next election but died as the sitting member in 1956. He did not hold party, parliamentary or ministerial office.