About Bill Leadbetter
Born 1950. Bill Leadbetter is an Australian politician, historian, university teacher and archaeologist.
William Lewis Leadbetter is an Australian politician and historian. He was a Labor member of the Western Australian Legislative Council for East Metropolitan from 4 April 2017, when he was elected in a countback following the resignation of Amber-Jade Sanderson, and his term concluded on 21 May 2017, when the new Legislative Council elected at the 2017 state election took its seats. Leadbetter did not seek re-election.
Leadbetter was born in Sydney, and has been a university lecturer in history in Western Australia since 1998. He previously contested the federal seats of Pearce in 2010 and Hasluck in 2016.
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Australian politician and academic
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Bill Leadbetter was born in 1950 in Sydney.
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Bill Leadbetter is a politician, historian, university teacher and archaeologist.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Bill Leadbetter. https://biography.guide/bill-leadbetter/
MLA: "Bill Leadbetter." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/bill-leadbetter/.
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