Joseph Leckie
Joseph Alexander Leckie (24 May 1866 – 9 August 1938) was a British Liberal, later Liberal National politician and leather manufacturer.[1]
Education and business life
Leckie was born in
Public life
Like most late Victorian businessmen, Leckie took an interest in public affairs. As early as 1898 he was chosen as Hon. Secretary to the Walsall Victoria Nursing Institution, and he took an active part in
Local politics
Leckie first stood for election to Walsall Council in the Bridge Ward in 1903, describing himself as a Progressive candidate. He was defeated by a local solicitor.
Parliament
Leckie was chairman of Walsall Liberal Association from 1912 to 1931 and in 1931 was chosen to be Liberal candidate for
Death
Leckie had suffered from increasing deafness as he grew older.[4] He died following a seizure on 9 August 1938 at a nursing home in Edgbaston, Birmingham, aged 72.[11]
References
- ^ Leigh Rayment [1][usurped]
- ^ Phil Jones, Joseph Alexander Leckie; Walsall, 1989 p20
- ^ Who was Who, OUP 2007
- ^ a b The Times, 13.8.38
- ^ a b Jones, Joseph Alexander Leckie; p 34
- ^ Jones, Joseph Alexander Leckie; p 36
- ^ The Times, 13.12.37
- ^ K J Dean, Town and Westminster: A political history of Walsall from 1906-1945; County Borough of Walsall, 1972 p252
- ^ The Times, 9.9.38
- ^ The Times, 17.11.38
- ^ Jones, Joseph Alexander Leckie; p 59