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Ernest Henry Lee-Steere
Sir Ernest Henry Lee-Steere, KBE (22 December 19129 January 2011) was a prominent Australian businessman. He was particularly noted for his involvement in horse racing in Western Australia, becoming chairman of the Western Australian Turf Club from 1963 to 1984. He was also Lord Mayor of Perth from 1972 to 1978.
==Biography==
Lee-Steere was born on 22 December 1912. He was a Captain in the AIF in the Army/Air Liaison Group, serving with No. 1 Squadron, RAAF Beauforts, 31 Squadron Beaufighter, RAAF, South West Pacific Area, during World War II.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=WX30919, Captain Ernest Lee-Steere, A.L.O. A.I.F : Army/Air Liaison Group, serving with no. 1 squadron, R.A.A.F. Beauforts, 31 Squadron Beaufighter, R.A.A.F., South West Pacific Area. )〕
Lee-Steere's interest in the sport of horse racing followed his father's; the latter had been Chairman of the Western Australian Turf Club (WATC) from 1919 to 1940. Lee-Steere joined the WATC in 1933 and was elected to the committee in 1948. He became Vice-Chairman in 1959 and was Chairman for 21 years from 1963.〔 〕 The headquarters of Racing and Wagering Western Australia were opened in 1986 and named Lee-Steere House after him, and the Lee Steere Stakes is a $200,000 Group 2, three-year-old 1,400-metre Feature race run annually at Ascot Racecourse in Perth.
Lee-Steere died on 9 January 2011, aged 98.〔(PTT Forum )〕〔Death notice, ''The Age'', 10 January 2011〕
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