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Leslie Harry Ernest Bury CMG (
25 February 1913 –
7 September 1986) was an
Australian politician.
Bury was born in
London and was educated at
Queen's College, Cambridge. During
World War II, he served in the
Second Australian Imperial Force from 1943 to 1945, with heavy artillery fixed defences and with the 12th Australian Radar Detachment. He worked in the
Department of the Treasury in the 1940s and later worked as Executive Director of the
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the Australian representative on the
International Monetary Fund from 1951 to 1956.
Bury was elected as the
Liberal Party of Australia Member for
Wentworth in 1956 at a
by-election following the resignation of
Eric Harrison to become
High Commissioner to the
United Kingdom. According to
Peter King, he "... would attend football matches with [Laborleader]
Arthur Calwell in
Melbourne and ... [shadowTreasurer]
Frank Crean stayed at the Bury home in Sydney". In
December 1963, he became
Minister for Housing, when he introduced the First Home Owners Grant, which continues to be a feature of the Australian political landscape.
In the
Queen's Birthday Honours of June 1979, he was appointed a Companion of the
Order of St Michael and St George (CMG), in recognition of his service to the Parliament of Australia.
Bury died in Sydney and was survived by his wife Anne and his four sons, Peter, Michael, John and Nicholas.
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