Bill Leadbetter

{{Short description|Australian politician and historian}}

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| name = Bill Leadbetter

| office = Member of the Western Australian Legislative Council for East Metropolitan

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| predecessor = Amber-Jade Sanderson

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| party = Labor

| birth_date = {{birth based on age as of date|58|2016|5|29}}{{cite news|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-05-29/hasluck-profile-on-eve-of-federal-election/7452418|title=Labor believes Hasluck is winnable, despite 6 per cent margin|last=Moodie|first=Claire|date=29 May 2016|newspaper=ABC News}}

| birth_place = Sydney, New South Wales

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| occupation = Historian

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| term_start = 4 April 2017

| term_end = 21 May 2017

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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,{{cite web|url=https://www.elections.wa.gov.au/about-us/media/whats-new/1508|title=April 2017 Legislative Council vacancies filled|publisher=Western Australian Electoral Commission|date=4 April 2017}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/federal-election-2016/guide/hasl/|title=Hasluck|work=ABC Elections|last=Green|first=Antony|author-link=Antony Green}}