Leslie Procter

{{short description|Australian politician}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Leslie Procter

| birth_name = Leslie Arthur Procter

| honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|AUS|MBE}}

| birth_date = {{birth date|1884|1|17|df=yes}}

| death_date = {{death date and age|1968|4|21|1884|1|17|df=yes}}

| party = Independent

| office1 = Member of Tasmanian Legislative Council for South Esk

| nationality = Australian

| termstart1 = {{start date|1939}}

| termend1 = {{end date|1962}}

| predecessor1 = Alan Wardlaw

| successor1 = Lloyd Carins

| birth_place = Lefroy, Tasmania

| occupation = Coachbuilder

| death_place = Launceston, Tasmania

}}

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{{Use Australian English|date=August 2016}}

Leslie Arthur Procter {{post-nominals|country=AUS|MBE}} (27 January 1884 – 21 April 1968) was an Australian politician.

He was born in Lefroy, Tasmania, son of Frederick and Sarah Procter (née Palmer). In 1939, with his occupation listed as coachbuilder,{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article153733025 |title=PROCTER'S CARRIAGE WORKS, LILYDALE. |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |volume=XLVI |issue=66 |location=Tasmania, Australia |date=18 March 1926 |accessdate=16 July 2018 |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia}} he was elected to the Tasmanian Legislative Council as the independent member for South Esk.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article52297820 |title=SOUTH ESK SEAT |newspaper=The Examiner (Tasmania) |volume=XCVII |issue=310 |location=Tasmania, Australia |date=11 March 1939 |accessdate=16 July 2018 |page=6 (LATEST NEWS EDITION and DAILY) |via=National Library of Australia}} He held the seat until his retirement in 1962. Procter died in Launceston in 1968, aged 84.{{cite Tas Parliament |title=Procter, Leslie |id=procterl442 |access-date=24 July 2022}}