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Leslie Samuel Duncan (20 August 1880 – 27 February 1952) was a newspaper editor and politician in the State of South Australia. ==History== Duncan was born in Natimuk, Victoria, a son of Andrew and Isabella Duncan. He married Mabel Jory, of the same town, in 1905. He and brother-in-law Harry Jory started in the newspaper business in Edenhope, Victoria, where they owned the ''Edenhope Chronicle'', which folded in 1908, then they established the ''Border Chronicle'' at Bordertown and ''Lawloit Times'' at Kaniva, Victoria, later owned by W. D. Curry. He disposed of the ''Border Chronicle'' to Ben L. Wilkinson and took over the ''Barossa News'', Tanunda in 1915, which he left in 1917 to take the position of managing editor of the ''Bunyip'', with which he had almost 30 years' association, during which time he revolutionised and expanded the paper's mechanical operations. He controlled ''The Bunyip'' through the Great Depression and the shortages and manpower difficulties of the War years. In 1946 he left the ''Bunyip'', but retained an interest in its welfare. For 15 years he was Secretary of the Gawler Agricultural, Horticultural & Floricultural Society. He was a keen bowls player and was elected Club President for the 1949–1950 season. He was for many years until his death a member of the High School council, and the progress of the school was largely due to his efforts. He was elected to the House of Assembly seat of Gawler for the Australian Labor Party and held the seat from March 1938 to February 1952. He served as secretary of the parliamentary Labor Party until he was forced in 1951 to step down due to ill health. He was a member of the Subordinate Committee on Legislation and the Parliamentary Land Settlement Committee. He died at Hutchison Hospital, Gawler. The burial took place at Willaston Cemetery, where the pall bearers were the Premier (Thomas Playford IV), the Leader of the Opposition (Mick O'Halloran), the Attorney General (Reginald Rudall), C. R. Hawke, J. F. Power and K. L. Barnet. 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「Leslie Duncan」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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