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David Joseph Leahy (19 October 1883 – 19 December 1948) was an Australian trade unionist and politician who was a Labor Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 1938 until his death, representing the seat of Hannans.

Leahy was born in Castleisland, County Kerry, Ireland, to Margaret (née Reidy) and David Leahy. His parents emigrated to Australia when he was a child, and he was raised in Kyneton, Victoria. Leahy moved to Western Australia in 1906, and began working as a miner in the Sandstone area. He later moved to the Eastern Goldfields, living for periods in Kalgoorlie and Boulder and working as an official with a gold miners' union. Leahy entered parliament at the 1938 Hannans by-election, caused by the death of Labor government minister Selby Munsie. He was re-elected at the 1939, 1943, and 1947 elections, but died in office in December 1948, aged 65, after a long illness. Leahy had married Sophie Fongo in 1912, with whom he had five children.

References

1. ^ David Joseph Leahy – Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia. Retrieved 23 May 2016.
2. "LEAHY FOR HANNANS", Westralian Worker, 8 April 1938.
3. Black, David; Prescott, Valerie (1997). Election statistics : Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, 1890-1996. Perth, : Western Australian Parliamentary History Project and Western Australian Electoral Commission. ISBN 0730984095.
4. "MR. LEAHY M.L.A. DEAD", The West Australian, 21 December 1948.

• 1883 births
• 1948 deaths
• Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Western Australia
• Irish emigrants to colonial Australia
• Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly
• People from Castleisland
• People from Kyneton
• Politicians from County Kerry
• Trade unionists from Western Australia