death_place death_date birth_place party birth_date article_title name
summer hill , new south wales 3 december 1956 rockdale , new south wales liberal party of australia 15 june 1897 leslie parr
 leslie parr
leslie parr

dr leslie james albert parr -lrb- 15 june 1897 -- 3 december 1956 -rrb- was an australian politician and a member of the new south wales legislative assembly from 1951 until his death .
he was a member of the liberal party of australia .
parr was born in rockdale , new south wales , attending sydney boys high school in 1910-14 .
he was the son of a draper and graduated from the medical faculty of the university of sydney .
he initially worked as a general practitioner but then specialized in rheumatology and was the foundation president of the australian rheumatology association .
during world war two he served with the royal australian army medical corps and reached the rank of major .
following the war he joined the liberal party and was elected the state president .
after an unsuccessful attempt to win the seat of dulwich hill at the 1950 state election .
parr was elected to the new south wales parliament as the liberal member for the seat of burwood at the 1951 by-election caused by the death of the sitting liberal member gordon jackett .
he retained the seat at the next election but died as the sitting member in 1956 .
he did not hold party , parliamentary or ministerial office .
