Len Ardill

{{short description|Australian politician}}

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|name = Len Ardill

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| constituency_AM1 = Salisbury

| assembly1 = Queensland Legislative

| term_start1 = 1 November 1986

| term_end1 = 19 September 1992

| predecessor1 = Wayne Goss

| successor1 = Seat abolished

| constituency_AM2 = Archerfield

| assembly2 = Queensland Legislative

| term_start2 = 19 September 1992

| term_end2 = 13 June 1998

| predecessor2 = Henry Palaszczuk

| successor2 = Karen Struthers

|birth_date = {{Birth date|1931|3|15|df=y}}

|birth_place = Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

|death_date = {{death date and age|2014|4|4|1931|3|15|df=y}}

|death_place = Queensland, Australia

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|birthname = Leonard Arthur Ardill

|nationality = Australian

|party = Labor

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Leonard Arthur Ardill (15 March 1931 – 4 April 2014) was an Australian state politician, representing the Labor.{{cite web|title=Former Members|publisher=Parliament of Queensland|year=2015| url=http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/members/former/bio?id=4095778969|accessdate= 25 January 2015}}

Following time as an Alderman in the Brisbane City Council, including serving as the Vice Mayor, Ardill was elected in 1986 to the Legislative Assembly of Queensland as the member for Salisbury. He then became the member for Archerfield from 1992 till his retirement in 1998 .{{cite news | last = Lion | first = Patrick | date = 9 May 2008 | title = Labor lion on gravy train - and they got Poppers too | work = The Courier-Mail | location = Brisbane, Australia | url = http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,23672478-3102,00.html | accessdate = 14 February 2010 }}

His parliamentary service included time as the Chairman of the Parliamentary Travelsafe Committee{{citation | year = 1993 | title = Parliamentary Travelsafe Committee: Annual Report 1992-1993 | publisher = Queensland Legislative Assembly | url = http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/TSAFE/view/historical/documents/committees/TSAFE/reports/tsafe10.pdf | accessdate = 14 February 2010 | url-status=dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20110610172910/http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/TSAFE/view/historical/documents/committees/TSAFE/reports/tsafe10.pdf | archivedate = 10 June 2011 | df = dmy-all }} and membership of the Parliamentary Public Works Committee.{{cite news | last = Palaszczuk | first = Henry | date = 17 April 2006 | title = Backwards and forwards on water supplies | work = The Courier-Mail | location = Brisbane, Australia | page = 21 }}

Ardill died in 2014 and was cremated at Mt Gravatt Crematorium.[https://graves.brisbane.qld.gov.au/ Deceased Search] — Brisbane City Council Grave Location Search. Retrieved 1 February 2016.