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Leisha Teresa Harvey (born 4 April 1947) is an Australian politician. She was a National Party of Australia member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 1983 to 1989, representing the electorate of Greenslopes. She served as Minister for Health in the government of Mike Ahern government from 1987 until her sacking in January 1989. She lost her seat at the election that December, and was not long out of parliament when she was charged with numerous counts of misappropriation of public funds concerning her usage of her official credit card. After a high-profile trial in 1990 and subsequent conviction, she spent five months in prison and a further seven months in home detention. ==Background== Harvey was born in 1947 to displaced Polish parents in Münsingen, West Germany. The family immigrated to Queensland when she was three, and she was raised in Brisbane thereafter, attending St Mary Immaculate Convent, Annerley, Buranda State School, St Ursula's College and Coorparoo High School. She studied education at Griffith University and was a teacher in the special skills program at Springwood High School for most of her career. A devout Roman Catholic, Harvey attended the evangelical Garden City Christian Church in Brisbane's southern suburbs. Harvey married in 1965 and had one son and one daughter, but divorced in 1975. She remarried in 1983.〔Waterson, D.B. (1993). ''Biographical register of the Queensland Parliament''. Sydney: Casket.〕 Harvey contested and won National preselection for the seat of Greenslopes at the 1983 election. On paper, it seemed unusual for the Nationals to contest a seat in the Brisbane suburbs, since they are traditionally an agrarian conservative party. However, the urban-rural divide is far less pronounced in Queensland than in other states. In a reverse of the situation both nationally and in most other states, the National Party had long been the senior party in the non-Labor Coalition, and had recently begun contesting seats in the Brisbane area. At the time, the seat was considered safe for the Liberal Party of Australia, the National Party's former junior coalition partner. However, in the wake of the breakdown of the coalition in the early 1980s, the National Party poured resources into Liberal-held seats in an attempt to destroy their former partners. On election day, Harvey achieved a large swing, easily defeating incumbent Liberal and former minister Bill Hewitt and taking Greenslopes for the National Party for the first time in its history.〔("Queensland 2006: Greenslopes" ). pollbludger.com.〕 She was one of eight National MPs elected from greater Brisbane. As a backbencher, Harvey's speeches reflected her strong support of small business (having spent a period in small business herself), the rights of the aged and the need for consumer protection. She was staunchly opposed to sex discrimination, but equally opposed to affirmative action. An ardent opponent of homosexuality, she often stated that homosexuality would "never be legalised in Queensland."〔McCulloch, John. (1994). ''Women members of the Queensland Parliament 1929-1994''. Brisbane: Qld Parliamentary Library.〕 She faced a minor scandal before the 1986 election concerning use of her electorate printing allowances to aid her re-election, but was easily re-elected, and for a time was seen as something of a rising star in the party.〔Roberts, Greg. "Bold steps, but Premier avoids treading on too many toes". ''Sydney Morning Herald'', 9 December 1987.〕〔McCulloch, John. (1994). ''Women members of the Qld Parliament 1929-1994''. Brisbane: Qld Parliamentary Library.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Leisha Harvey」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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